Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?

Correct Answer

A. L. Bansal

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • Q. The two popular assemblies which seem to have formed an essential feature of the government during the Age of Rig Veda are:
    A)Sabha and Samiti
    B)Arayans and Kalash
    C)Kul and Kalash
    D)Arayans and Samiti
    Answer: Sabha and Samiti
  • Q. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in:
    A)1624
    B)1524
    C)1724
    D)1824
    Answer: 1724
  • 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)Unavoidable Order of king
    D)None of Above
    Answer: A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
  • 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. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
    A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    C)Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
  • Q. Who wrote the book ‘Early History of India’ in 1904?
    A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
    B)V.A. Smith.
    C)R. K. Mehta
    D)None of these
    Answer: V.A. Smith.
  • Q. The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:
    A)1546 and 1548
    B)1646 and 1648
    C)1446 and 1448
    D)1746 and 1748
    Answer: 1746 and 1748
  • Q. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
    A)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
    B)Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
    C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
    D)Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
    Answer: Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
  • Q. During the Vedic period the grains were collectively called:
    A)Yuva and Dhanya
    B)Yuva and Ann
    C)Ann and Dhan
    D)Dhan and Dhanya
    Answer: Yuva and Dhanya
  • 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. 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 Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
    A)The Rig Veda
    B)The Artharvaveda
    C)The Sama Veda
    D)The Yajur Veda
    Answer: The Artharvaveda
  • 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)The year 1802
    D)The year 1834
    Answer: The year 1602
  • Q. Which period is referred as the Classical Age or Golden Age of Ancient India?
    A)Maurya Period
    B)Gupta Period
    C)Satwahan Period
    D)Sakya Period
    Answer: Gupta Period
  • Q. In which of the Vedas have magical charm and spells been described?
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Rig Veda
    C)Atharva Veda
    D)Yajur Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. The most important Bahamani ruler was:
    A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
    B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
    C)Dawood Shah Bahmani
    D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
    Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
  • 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
  • Q. Which of the battles was fought between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other?
    A)Second Battle of Panipat, 1556
    B)First Battle of Panipat, 1526
    C)Third Battle of Panipat 1761
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Third Battle of Panipat 1761
  • Q. As per the 2011 census which of the following states of India has the highest literacy rate?
    A)Tripura
    B)Kerala
    C)Goa
    D)Himachal Pradesh
    Answer: Kerala

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