More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization covered an area of :
A)About 12,50,000 sq km.
B)About 8,50,000 sq km.
C)About 9,50,000 sq km.
D)About 10,50,000 sq km.
Answer: About 12,50,000 sq km.
- Q. Which of the battles was fought between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other?
A)Second Battle of Panipat, 1556
B)First Battle of Panipat, 1526
C)Third Battle of Panipat 1761
D)None of Above
Answer: Third Battle of Panipat 1761
- Q. Natya – Shastra’ the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
A)Bharat Muni
B)Nara Muni
C)Abhinav Gupt
D)Tandu Muni
Answer: Bharat Muni
- Q. The unit of measurement of land in Maratha domination was:
A)Kanwa
B)Bigha
C)Ropani
D)Kathi
Answer: Kathi
- Q. Who died at Pawapuri in 468 B.C. at the age of seventy two?
A)Chaitnya
B)Gautam Buddha
C)Mahavira Jain
D)Rishabhdev
Answer: Mahavira Jain
- Q. Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A. D. the centre of political gravity in north India shifted from Magadh to:
A)Vajji
B)Kashi
C)Mal
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Vedic Literature includes:
A)The Brahmanas
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Upanishads.
Answer: E
- Q. Sher Shah Suri emerged the new ruler of India after defeating Humayun in:
A)1540
B)1450
C)1600
D)1650
Answer: 1540
- Q. Mahabhasya has been written by:
A)Patanjali
B)Pāṇini
C)Kātyayana
D)None of these
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. The last ruler of Tughlaq dynasty was:
A)Nasir Uddin Mahmood
B)Alam Shah
C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Nasir Uddin Mahmood
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. The five branches of historical studies “Sarg (revolution of universe), Manvatantra (recurring of time), Vamsa (genealogical list of kings and sages ) and Vamsa Nucharita (life stories of some selected characters )” are the subject matter of:
A)Tripitakas
B)Veda
C)Panch Tantra
D)Puranas
Answer: Puranas
- Q. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
A)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
B)Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
D)Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
Answer: Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
- Q. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :
A)The Vajjis
B)The Panchalas
C)The Kashis
D)The Magadhas
Answer: The Vajjis
- Q. Asoka’s inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala
C)Tamilnadu
D)Maharastra
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. The Loyal Mohammadans of India was the newspaper brought out by :
A)Azim Jah Bahadur
B)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
C)Aram Shah
D)Azaam Khan
Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
- Q. When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was :
A)Maurya Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Sakya Dynasty
D)Nanda Dynasty
Answer: Nanda Dynasty
- Q. Under which Delhi Sultan’s rule, was the Kharaj in the form of a proper land tax levied over large parts of northern India?
A)Alaudin Khilji
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Alaudin Khilji
- Q. The Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
A)Saddat Khan
B)Alberuni
C)Daiva Alzajira
D)None of these
Answer: Alberuni
- Q. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in North India, literally means STORY TELLER?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Odissi
C)Kathak
D)Bharatnatyam
Answer: Kathak
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