More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan became the diwan of Bengal in :
A)1600 A.D.
B)1500 A.D.
C)
D)1800 A.D.
Answer: 1700 A.D.
- Q. Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system ?
A)Shahan-e-Rajukas
B)Shahan-e-Sahi
C)
D)Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
Answer: Shahan-e-Mandi
- Q. The biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
A)Yogeswar Dutta
B)Harshvardhan
C)
D)Banabhatta
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- Q. The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
A)Chennai
B)Mumbai
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: New Delhi
- Q. The rise of two independent states in the South namely The Vijyanagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) witnessed by:
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Raziyat ud din Sultana
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. The author of the famous play Mrichchakatika (मृच्छकटिकम्) considered one of the best plays of ancient India is:
A)Charudatta
B)Samsthanaka
C)
D)Sudraka
Answer: Sudraka
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- Q. Where did the Tebhaga peasant Movement occur in 1946?
A)Bengal
B)Odisha
C)
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the type of marriage under which a widow could marry the younger brother of her deceased husband was known as:
A)Prajapatya
B)Niyoga
C)
D)Arsha
Answer: Niyoga
- Q. The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
A)The Rig Veda
B)The Artharvaveda
C)
D)The Yajur Veda
Answer: The Artharvaveda
- 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)
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. The largest Indian site of Indus Valley Civilization was:
A)Kalibangan
B)Lothal
C)
D)Dholavira
Answer: Dholavira
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
A)1885
B)1878
C)
D)1900
Answer: 1893
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
A)1913
B)1911
C)
D)1935
Answer: 1911
- Q. Dandia’ is a popular dance of
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
A)Rajasthan
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)
D)Bihar
Answer: Bihar
- Q. Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
A)Hyderabad
B)Lucknow
C)
D)Mysore
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. Vedangas (Limbs of Vedas) are :
A)Vyakarna (grammar) and Nirukta (etymology)
B)Siksha (phonetics) and Kalpa (rituals)
C)
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
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