More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Vedangas (Limbs of Vedas) are :
A)Vyakarna (grammar) and Nirukta (etymology)
B)Siksha (phonetics) and Kalpa (rituals)
C)Chhanda (metrics) and Jyotisha (astronomy)
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
A)The first Carnatic War
B)Third battale of panipat
C)The second Carnatic War
D)Battle of Baxur
Answer: The second Carnatic War
- Q. Which ruler of Sultanate period was also known as lakh bakhsh (giver of lakhs) ?
A)Nasir ud din Mahmud
B)Aram Shah
C)Ala ud din Masud
D)Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
Answer: Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
- Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
A)Garba
B)Nautanki
C)Kathakali
D)Bhangra
Answer: Garba
- Q. Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
A)Luxmi Bai
B)Ahmadullah
C)Kuwar Singh
D)Bhadur Shah Jafar
Answer: Ahmadullah
- Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
A)Malayalam
B)Kannada
C)Telugu
D)Tamil Language
Answer: Tamil Language
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)Y. D. Sharma
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- 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. Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?
A)Buddhism
B)Hinduism
C)Jainism
D)Islam
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh, one of the prominent gurus and tenth guru of Sikhs established:
A)The Sangam
B)The Gurudwara
C)The Khalsa
D)None of these
Answer: The Khalsa
- 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. Mahatma Gandhi laid down four preconditions for a Satyagrahi (Passive Resistor) to fulfill – namely :
A)Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
B)Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
C)Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
D)Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
Answer: Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
- Q. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle October 16, 1905 is well known for which event?
A)Mahatma Gandhi back to India
B)Home Rule Launched
C)Formation of Young India
D)Partition of Bengal
Answer: Partition of Bengal
- Q. The National Song of India was composed by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Iqbal
D)Jai Shankar Prasad
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
- Q. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
A)1575
B)1565
C)1581
D)1583
Answer: 1581
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)Four Provinces
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in North India, literally means STORY TELLER?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Odissi
C)Kathak
D)Bharatnatyam
Answer: Kathak
- Q. Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
A)Raj Guru
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Udham Singh
D)Sukhdev
Answer: Udham Singh
- Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
A)1885
B)1878
C)1893
D)1900
Answer: 1893
- Q. The writer of Kitab-Ur-Rahela is :
A)Ibne-Batuta
B)Alberuni
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang
D)I - Tsing
Answer: Ibne-Batuta
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