More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. During the Age of Rig Veda, the grains are collectively called:
A)Anaaj and Dhanya
B)Yava and Anaaj
C)Ann and Anaaj
D)Yava and Dhanya
Answer: Yava and Dhanya
- 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 Khajuraho temples were built under:
A)Pauravas Kings
B)Chandela Kings
C)Ikshvakus Kings
D)Haryanka Kings
Answer: Chandela Kings
- Q. The six famous Smiritis are :
A)Kapil Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
B)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Ram Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
C)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
D)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narayan Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smrit
Answer: Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
- Q. The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
A)Chandragupt Maurya
B)Asoka the Great
C)Samundra Gupta
D)Akbar
Answer: Asoka the Great
- Q. The two independent states which emerged in the south during Muhammad Bin Tuglaq’s reign (1325-51) were:
A)The Mysore Kingdom and Bahamani
B)The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
C)The Hydrabad Kingdom and Bahamani
D)The Mysore Kingdom and The Vijayanagar
Answer: The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the basis of both social and political organization was :
A)The Smriti
B)The Samaj
C)The Sabha
D)The Kula (Family)
Answer: The Kula (Family)
- 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. 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. The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of:
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- 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. Which Sufi order (Silsila) laid great stress on practicing mystic music ?
A)Sangit Order
B)Maulana Order
C)Manu Order
D)Chisti Order
Answer: Chisti Order
- Q. Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwe culture, Prabhas culture, Rangpur culture are all :
A)Palaeolithic cultures
B)Mesolithic cultures
C)The Chalcolithic cultures of Ancient India
D)None of these
Answer: The Chalcolithic cultures of Ancient India
- 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. 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
- 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 Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:
A)Sir Robert Chambers
B)Charles Wilkins
C)Alexander Hamilton
D)Sir William Jones
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Kathakali’ is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Manipur
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
A)Mahendra, Malaya, Nashukha, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
B)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
C)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Amalya, Vindhya and Pariyatra
D)Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
Answer: Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
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