More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
A)Khud-kasht
B)The Khots and Muqaddams.
C)Pahi-kasht
D)Muzarian
Answer: The Khots and Muqaddams.
- Q. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Ottan Thullal
C)Yakshagana
D)Odissi
Answer: Ottan Thullal
- 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. Dandia’ is a popular dance of
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Kathakali’ is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Manipur
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The most important Bahamani ruler was:
A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
C)Dawood Shah Bahmani
D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)AD 1560
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. Mahmud Ghazni invaded Gujatat and ravaged the temple of Somnath during the reign of:
A)Harihara
B)Varaha
C)Bhima 1
D)Narasimha
Answer: Bhima 1
- Q. “Early History of India” in 1904 was written by :
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)J. Joshi
C)V. A. Smith
D)None of these
Answer: V. A. Smith
- Q. Kathak is a classical dance of
A)Tamilnadu
B)North India
C)Manipur
D)Kerala
Answer: North India
- Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ashok
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Kanishka
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Balance of payment includes:
A)Only trade
B)Only Visible
C)The Visible and Invisible
D)Visible, invisible trade and debts
Answer: Visible, invisible trade and debts
- Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
A)1885
B)1878
C)1893
D)1900
Answer: 1893
- 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 Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujarat:
A)1100-1300 A.D.
B)950-1300 A.D.
C)1200-1300 A.D.
D)600-1300 A.D.
Answer: 950-1300 A.D.
- 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 first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
A)Aurangzeb
B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
C)Aram Shah
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- 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. The Sikh Khalsa was formed to instill a strong martial spirit in the Sikhs by:
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Guru Arjan
C)Guru Amar Das
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Mahabhasya – an outstanding work in the fields of grammar – is a composition by:
A)Ghosha
B)Ashwins
C)Kakshivat
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
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