More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
A)Five Provinces (Subas)
B)Eight Provinces (Subas)
C)Twelve Provinces (Subas)
D)Ten Provinces (Subas)
Answer: Twelve Provinces (Subas)
- Q. Mahabhasya has been written by:
A)Patanjali
B)Pāṇini
C)Kātyayana
D)None of these
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: Yahya Sirhindi
- Q. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
A)The first Carnatic War
B)Third battale of panipat
C)The second Carnatic War
D)Battle of Baxur
Answer: The second Carnatic War
- Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Harshvaardhan’s reign
D)None of Above
Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)Aryabhat
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- 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. The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
A)2:3
B)3:5
C)2:4
D)3:4
Answer: 2:3
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)AD 1560
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. The person who established the state of Awadh is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
C)Osman Ali Khan
D)Qamaruddin Khan
Answer: Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
- Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)J. Joshi
C)R. K. Mehta
D)A. L. Bansal
Answer: A. L. Bansal
- Q. Kathakali’ is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Manipur
Answer: Kerala
- 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. Who said “God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste?”
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Kabir
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Kabir
- 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. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
A)Kalhana
B)Banbhata
C)Abul Fazal
D)Tulsi Das
Answer: Kalhana
- Q. Who died at Pawapuri in 468 B.C. at the age of seventy two?
A)Chaitnya
B)Gautam Buddha
C)Mahavira Jain
D)Rishabhdev
Answer: Mahavira Jain
- Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
A)Durlabahaka
B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
C)Durlabhvardhana
D)None of Above
Answer: Durlabhvardhana
- Q. Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from:
A)1782 to 1799
B)1782 to 1805
C)1772 to 1799
D)1782 to 1790
Answer: 1782 to 1799
- Q. Mahabhasya – an outstanding work in the fields of grammar – is a composition by:
A)Ghosha
B)Ashwins
C)Kakshivat
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
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