Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:

Correct Answer

Tamil Language

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • Q. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
    A)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
    B)Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
    C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
    D)Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
    Answer: Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
  • 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. The unit of measurement of land in Maratha domination was:
    A)Kanwa
    B)Bigha
    C)Ropani
    D)Kathi
    Answer: Kathi
  • Q. Mohiniattam dance form developed originally in which state?
    A)Orissa
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Kerala
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Who attained Kaivalya (i.e., the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain) at the age of 42 ?
    A)Aristhanemia
    B)Rishabhanath
    C)Parsva Natha
    D)Vardhamana Mahavira
    Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
  • Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
    A)Chandragupta II
    B)Chandragupta I
    C)Samundra Gupta
    D)Kumargupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I
  • Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
    A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    C)Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
  • Q. The Vijayanagar Empire in the south came into existence in :
    A)A. D. 1336
    B)A. D. 1236
    C)A. D. 1136
    D)A. D. 1390
    Answer: A. D. 1336
  • Q. “Milind Panho” explaining the Buddhist doctrines in the form of a dialogue between Milind and his teacher Nagsena (the great Buddhist philosopher ) is in :
    A)Pali Language
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Hindi
    D)Santhali
    Answer: Pali Language
  • Q. Lothal, Sutkagendor, Allahdino, Balakot and Kuntasi were the port cities of:
    A)Eastern Civilization
    B)Greek Civilization
    C)Indus Valley Civilization
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
  • Q. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
    A)Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Akber
    D)Allaudin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
    A)Garba
    B)Nautanki
    C)Kathakali
    D)Bhangra
    Answer: Garba
  • Q. The person who established the state of Awadh is :
    A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
    B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
    C)Osman Ali Khan
    D)Qamaruddin Khan
    Answer: Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
  • Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
    A)Durlabahaka
    B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
    C)Durlabhvardhana
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Durlabhvardhana
  • Q. The biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
    A)Yogeswar Dutta
    B)Harshvardhan
    C)Abul Fazal
    D)Banabhatta
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. The last ruler of Tughlaq dynasty was:
    A)Nasir Uddin Mahmood
    B)Alam Shah
    C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
    D)Mahmood Shah
    Answer: Nasir Uddin Mahmood
  • Q. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
    A)Jaganath
    B)Ram
    C)Shiva
    D)Vishnu
    Answer: Jaganath
  • Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?
    A)Jamindaars
    B)The spy reporters
    C)Ghudswar
    D)Paidal Sainik
    Answer: The spy reporters
  • Q. In 1724 the state of Hyderabad was founded by :
    A)Azim Jah Bahadur
    B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
    C)Osman Ali Khan
    D)Qamaruddin Khan
    Answer: Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
  • Q. As the evidence from Koldhiwa in the Belan Velly shows rice seems to have been domesticated in India by about :
    A)5500 B.C
    B)5000 B.C
    C)6000 B.C
    D)7000 B.C
    Answer: 7000 B.C

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