More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Who was the first editor of the Yugantars?
A)Raja Subodh Mallik
B)Upendra Nath Bandopadhyay
C)
D)Ambika Chakrobarty
Answer: Barendra Ghosh
- Q. The relics of Indus Valley (Harappa) civilization were first noticed in:
A)Lothal
B)Mohenjodaro
C)
D)Kalibagan
Answer: Harappa
- Q. When did Mahmud of Ghazni attack last on India?
A)1127 A.D.
B)1020 A.D.
C)
D)1027 A.D.
Answer: 1027 A.D.
- 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. Kathakali’ is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Karnataka
C)
D)Manipur
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Early History of India’ in 1904?
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)V.A. Smith.
C)
D)None of these
Answer: V.A. Smith.
- 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)
D)None of these
Answer: It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
- Q. The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
A)Chandragupt Maurya
B)Asoka the Great
C)
D)Akbar
Answer: Asoka the Great
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
- Q. When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was :
A)Maurya Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)
D)Nanda Dynasty
Answer: Nanda Dynasty
- Q. Dhamma as propounded by Ashoka the great is not a religion but:
A)Message of religion
B)A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
- Q. The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
A)Mortimer Wheeler
B)R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
- Q. The Dharm Chakra Pravatan mentioned in the Buddihst test is:
A)Birth of Buddha
B)Nirvana
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
- Q. Where has the Great Bath been excavated?
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. The Satnami sect in India was founded in:
A)The year 1600
B)The year 1457
C)
D)The year 1657
Answer: The year 1657
- Q. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
A)Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- 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. In which of the Vedas have magical charm and spells been described?
A)Sama Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)
D)Yajur Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
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