More Questions on Indian Culture
- 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 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 head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
A)Chennai
B)Mumbai
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: New Delhi
- 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. The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of:
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. The Ryatwari Settlement was primarily introduced by the British Government in ?
A)Jhansi
B)Calcutta
C)
D)Madras and Bombay
Answer: Madras and Bombay
- Q. Who is known as Siladitya ?
A)Samundragupta
B)Chandragupta I
C)
D)Ashoka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
A)Aurangzeb
B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
C)
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- 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 biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
A)Yogeswar Dutta
B)Harshvardhan
C)
D)Banabhatta
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. Who among the following is regarded as War-God in Rigveda?
A)Indra
B)Agni
C)
D)Varuna
Answer: Indra
- 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. Where has the Great Bath been excavated?
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (September 1920) held at:
A)Bombay
B)Lahore
C)
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. Where did the Tebhaga peasant Movement occur in 1946?
A)Bengal
B)Odisha
C)
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system ?
A)Shahan-e-Rajukas
B)Shahan-e-Sahi
C)
D)Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
Answer: Shahan-e-Mandi
- 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
- Q. Kathak is a classical dance of
A)Tamilnadu
B)North India
C)
D)Kerala
Answer: North India
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was born :
A)On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
B)On January 2, 1863 in Calcutta.
C)
D)On January 28, 1863 in Calcutta.
Answer: On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
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