Indian Culture

Q. The largest Indian site of Indus Valley Civilization was:

A
Kalibangan
B
Lothal
C
D
Dholavira

Correct Answer

Dholavira

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • 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)
    D)The year 950-1300 A. D.
    Answer: The year 950-1300 A. D.
  • Q. The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of:
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)
    D)Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwe culture, Prabhas culture, Rangpur culture are all :
    A)Palaeolithic cultures
    B)Mesolithic cultures
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Chalcolithic cultures of Ancient India
  • Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:
    A)Sir Robert Chambers
    B)Charles Wilkins
    C)
    D)Sir William Jones
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
    A)Chennai
    B)Mumbai
    C)
    D)Kolkata
    Answer: New Delhi
  • Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)J. Joshi
    C)
    D)Lala Lazpat Rai
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Kathak is a classical dance of
    A)Tamilnadu
    B)North India
    C)
    D)Kerala
    Answer: North India
  • 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. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
    A)1575
    B)1565
    C)
    D)1583
    Answer: 1581
  • Q. Who among the following is regarded as War-God in Rigveda?
    A)Indra
    B)Agni
    C)
    D)Varuna
    Answer: Indra
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops?
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
  • Q. The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian history is :
    A)Hi-Nu-Si
    B)Si-Yu-Ki
    C)
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Si-Yu-Ki
  • Q. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
    A)Jaganath
    B)Ram
    C)
    D)Vishnu
    Answer: Jaganath
  • Q. Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?
    A)Buddhism
    B)Hinduism
    C)
    D)Islam
    Answer: Buddhism
  • 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. Natya – Shastra’ the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
    A)Bharat Muni
    B)Nara Muni
    C)
    D)Tandu Muni
    Answer: Bharat Muni
  • Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
    A)Malayalam
    B)Kannada
    C)
    D)Tamil Language
    Answer: Tamil Language
  • Q. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was
    A)Odissi
    B)Kathakali
    C)
    D)Bharatanatyam
    Answer: Bharatanatyam
  • Q. The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
    C)
    D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq

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