More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
A)Five Provinces (Subas)
B)Eight Provinces (Subas)
C)
D)Ten Provinces (Subas)
Answer: Twelve Provinces (Subas)
- 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
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
A)The year 1602
B)The year 1702
C)
D)The year 1834
Answer: The year 1602
- Q. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was liberated from Portuguese rule in :
A)1947
B)1935
C)
D)1954
Answer: 1954
- Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
C)
D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
- Q. In 1492, the Spanish navigator who set out on his voyage to discover India but instead landed on the soil of America was :
A)Vasco Da Gama
B)Christopher Columbus
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Christopher Columbus
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
- 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. Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandare-Sani (the second Alexander) ?
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
- Q. The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
A)The Rig Veda
B)The Artharvaveda
C)
D)The Yajur Veda
Answer: The Artharvaveda
- Q. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
A)Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)
D)Nusrat Shah
Answer: Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
- Q. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :
A)The Vajjis
B)The Panchalas
C)
D)The Magadhas
Answer: The Vajjis
- Q. The Dutch established their earliest factory at:
A)Chennai
B)Surat
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: Surat
- Q. Who composed the famous song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’?
A)Mohammad Iqbal
B)Jaidev
C)
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. The scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?
A)Jamindaars
B)The spy reporters
C)
D)Paidal Sainik
Answer: The spy reporters
- Q. The first official Language commission as required under Article 344 of the constitution was constituted by the president:
A)In 1950
B)In 1955
C)
D)In 1960
Answer: In 1955
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