Indian Culture

Q. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :

A
The Vajjis
B
The Panchalas
C
D
The Magadhas

Correct Answer

The Vajjis

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • 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 Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
    A)Saddat Khan
    B)Alberuni
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Alberuni
  • Q. The famous Dasrajan war (the battle of ten kings) was mutual struggle of Aryans, fought on the bank of:
    A)Sindhu
    B)Chenab
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Purushani (Ravi)
  • Q. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
    A)Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
    B)Abu Bakr Shah
    C)
    D)Nusrat Shah
    Answer: Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
  • 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 first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
    A)Chandragupta II
    B)Chandragupta I
    C)
    D)Kumargupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I
  • Q. Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system ?
    A)Shahan-e-Rajukas
    B)Shahan-e-Sahi
    C)
    D)Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
    Answer: Shahan-e-Mandi
  • Q. Asoka’s inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
    A)Karnataka
    B)Kerala
    C)
    D)Maharastra
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda was born :
    A)On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
    B)On January 2, 1863 in Calcutta.
    C)
    D)On January 28, 1863 in Calcutta.
    Answer: On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
  • Q. The most important Bahamani ruler was:
    A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
    B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
    C)
    D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
    Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
  • Q. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
    A)Khud-kasht
    B)The Khots and Muqaddams.
    C)
    D)Muzarian
    Answer: The Khots and Muqaddams.
  • Q. Asoka the great appointed a class of officers vested with judicial power known as :
    A)Rajukas
    B)Dhamma
    C)
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Rajukas
  • Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
    A)Malayalam
    B)Kannada
    C)
    D)Tamil Language
    Answer: Tamil Language
  • 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)
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Christopher Columbus
  • Q. The last ruler of Tughlaq dynasty was:
    A)Nasir Uddin Mahmood
    B)Alam Shah
    C)
    D)Mahmood Shah
    Answer: Nasir Uddin Mahmood
  • 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 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. Mahmud Ghazni invaded Gujatat and ravaged the temple of Somnath during the reign of:
    A)Harihara
    B)Varaha
    C)
    D)Narasimha
    Answer: Bhima 1
  • Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
    A)Bhoja I
    B)Sindhuraja
    C)
    D)Sindhuraja
    Answer: Vakpati Munja
  • Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
    A)Harshvardhan
    B)Ashok
    C)
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

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