More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. During the Indian Freedom Struggle why did Rowlatt Act passed in 1919 arouse popular indignation?
A)To Kill the Punjab the protest movement.
B)To Kill Home Rule Movement
C)It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
D)None of these
Answer: It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
- Q. The first official Language commission as required under Article 344 of the constitution was constituted by the president:
A)In 1950
B)In 1955
C)In 1952
D)In 1960
Answer: In 1955
- Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
A)Chandragupta II
B)Chandragupta I
C)Samundra Gupta
D)Kumargupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. Which Sufi order (Silsila) laid great stress on practicing mystic music ?
A)Sangit Order
B)Maulana Order
C)Manu Order
D)Chisti Order
Answer: Chisti Order
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- 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. The Brahmanas, the Arayakas and the Upanishads are attached to one or the other of :
A)The Ramayana
B)The four Vedas.
C)The Mahabharata
D)The Purans
Answer: The four Vedas.
- Q. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujrat for almost three and a half centuries between:
A)The year 990-1300 A. D.
B)The year 900-1300 A. D.
C)The year 1000-1300 A. D.
D)The year 950-1300 A. D.
Answer: The year 950-1300 A. D.
- Q. Khajuraho temples were built by:
A)The Chandellas
B)The Panchalas
C)The Haryanks
D)Nandas
Answer: The Chandellas
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
A)Five Provinces (Subas)
B)Eight Provinces (Subas)
C)Twelve Provinces (Subas)
D)Ten Provinces (Subas)
Answer: Twelve Provinces (Subas)
- Q. The extent of the Harappa civilization in the north was up to:
A)Punjab
B)Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
- 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. Of the ancient six philosophical systems of ancient India, which is the oldest one?
A)Vedanta
B)Yoga
C)Nyaya
D)Samkhya
Answer: Samkhya
- Q. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
A)Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Akber
D)Allaudin Khilji
Answer: Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
- Q. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
A)Satpath Brahmana
B)Rigveda
C)Mundak Upanishad
D)Ramayana
Answer: Mundak Upanishad
- Q. Dhamma which Ashoka the Great tried to instill as the governing principle and enforced in every sphere of life was :
A)A code for moral and virtuous life
B)A code for Economic and Judiciary
C)A code for religious reforms
D)None of Above
Answer: A code for moral and virtuous life
- Q. In 1492, the Spanish navigator who set out on his voyage to discover India but instead landed on the soil of America was :
A)Vasco Da Gama
B)Christopher Columbus
C)James Cook
D)None of Above
Answer: Christopher Columbus
- Q. Mahismati on the river Narmada was the earliest seat of power of:
A)The Kalachuris
B)The Abhira
C)The Vachanas
D)None of these
Answer: The Kalachuris
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has been adopted as India’s National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
A)The whole song
B)Only the first stanza
C)Third and Fourth stanza
D)First and Second stanza
Answer: Only the first stanza
- 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
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