More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Who first applied the name India to the region watered by the Sindhu ?
A)Portuguese
B)British
C)Dutch
D)Achaemenid Persians
Answer: Achaemenid Persians
- Q. The Paleolithic Age in India is divided into three phases based on tools technology namely :
A)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Post Paleolithic
B)Pre Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
C)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
D)Normal Paleolithic, Odinary Paleolithic, Clever Paleolithic
Answer: Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
- Q. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife?
A)Urmila
B)Sita
C)Mandavi
D)Shuthukeert
Answer: Mandavi
- Q. The two Jain Trithankars who find mention in Rig Veda are:
A)Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath and Mahavira
C)Mahavira and Aristhanemia
D)Ajitnath and Mahavira
Answer: Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
- Q. Katyayanaprakarna is book on grammar of:
A)Pali Language
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Telgu
Answer: Pali Language
- 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. Asoka the great appointed a class of officers vested with judicial power known as :
A)Rajukas
B)Dhamma
C)Chandashok
D)None of Above
Answer: Rajukas
- Q. The four important dynasties that stand out prominently in the sixth century B.C. are :
A)The Haryankas, the Guptas, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
B)The Guptas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
C)The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
D)The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
Answer: The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
- 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 biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
A)Yogeswar Dutta
B)Harshvardhan
C)Abul Fazal
D)Banabhatta
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. Of the ancient six philosophical systems of ancient India, which is the oldest one?
A)Vedanta
B)Yoga
C)Nyaya
D)Samkhya
Answer: Samkhya
- Q. Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
A)Luxmi Bai
B)Ahmadullah
C)Kuwar Singh
D)Bhadur Shah Jafar
Answer: Ahmadullah
- 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 Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops?
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
D)None of these
Answer: Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
- Q. The rise of two independent states in the South namely The Vijyanagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) witnessed by:
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Raziyat ud din Sultana
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid at Delhi?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. Among the four Vedas, which one is a collection of spells and charms?
A)The Atharvaveda
B)The Sama Veda
C)The Rig Veda
D)The Yajur Veda
Answer: The Atharvaveda
- Q. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
A)Rongali Bihu
B)Onam
C)Navratri
D)Pongal
Answer: Onam
- 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
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