More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the basis of both social and political organization was :
A)The Smriti
B)The Samaj
C)
D)The Kula (Family)
Answer: The Kula (Family)
- 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)
D)The Mysore Kingdom and The Vijayanagar
Answer: The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
- Q. The Dharm Chakra Pravatan mentioned in the Buddihst test is:
A)Birth of Buddha
B)Nirvana
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
- Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was an uncle of:
A)Ibrahim Lodhi
B)Genghis Khan
C)
D)Chagatai Khan
Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi
- 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. The Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign came to an end after he was:
A)Aziz-ud-Din
B)Sultan Ahmad III
C)
D)Wazir
Answer: Wazir
- Q. Thillana is a format of
A)Odissi
B)Kuchipudi
C)
D)Kathak
Answer: Baharatanatyam
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- 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 two Jain Trithankars who find mention in Rig Veda are:
A)Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath and Mahavira
C)
D)Ajitnath and Mahavira
Answer: Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the type of marriage under which a widow could marry the younger brother of her deceased husband was known as:
A)Prajapatya
B)Niyoga
C)
D)Arsha
Answer: Niyoga
- Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ashok
C)
D)Kanishka
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. The single biggest item of import to the Vijaynagar empire was:
A)Rice
B)Gold
C)
D)Wheat
Answer: Horses
- 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)
D)Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
Answer: Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
- Q. The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
A)Chennai
B)Mumbai
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: New Delhi
- Q. The Dutch established their earliest factory at:
A)Chennai
B)Surat
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: Surat
- Q. The extent of the Harappa civilization in the north was up to:
A)Punjab
B)Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
C)
D)Haryana
Answer: Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
- Q. The Brahmanas, the Arayakas and the Upanishads are attached to one or the other of :
A)The Ramayana
B)The four Vedas.
C)
D)The Purans
Answer: The four Vedas.
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid at Delhi?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shahjahan
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