More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The fundamental principles of Buddha’s teachings are represented by the four Nobel Truths viz. :
A)Sukhkkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
B)Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
- 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. 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)
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 Satnami sect in India was founded in:
A)The year 1600
B)The year 1457
C)
D)The year 1657
Answer: The year 1657
- Q. Which Sikh Guru constituted Khalsa and introduced a new baptism ceremony requiring every Sikh to observe the five K’s “Kesh , Kirpan, Kachha, Kanghi and Kara”?
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Guru Govind Singh
C)
D)Guru Tegbhadur
Answer: Guru Govind Singh
- Q. The founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev was born in:
A)The year 1470
B)The year 1469
C)
D)The year 1467
Answer: The year 1469
- Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?
A)Jamindaars
B)The spy reporters
C)
D)Paidal Sainik
Answer: The spy reporters
- Q. The apex body in Indian Money market is:
A)Reserve Bank of India
B)Imperial Bank
C)
D)United bank Of India
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has been adopted as India’s National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
A)The whole song
B)Only the first stanza
C)
D)First and Second stanza
Answer: Only the first stanza
- Q. Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
A)Raj Guru
B)Bhagat Singh
C)
D)Sukhdev
Answer: Udham Singh
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
A)1913
B)1911
C)
D)1935
Answer: 1911
- 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 Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
A)Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Q. Dhamma as propounded by Ashoka the great is not a religion but:
A)Message of religion
B)A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
- Q. Who died at Pawapuri in 468 B.C. at the age of seventy two?
A)Chaitnya
B)Gautam Buddha
C)
D)Rishabhdev
Answer: Mahavira Jain
- Q. The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into :
A)Circular Blocks
B)Rectangular Blocks
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Rectangular Blocks
- Q. The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
A)Chandragupt Maurya
B)Asoka the Great
C)
D)Akbar
Answer: Asoka the Great
- 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)
D)Santhali
Answer: Pali Language
- Q. During modern history Martanda Verma emerged as the strong ruler of:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
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