India Quiz 55

India Quiz 55

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1. Name the Delhi sultan who described himself as "sikandar al-thani" (the second Alexander) on the coins?

Alauddin Khilji
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Muhammad Shah
Qutb-ud-din Aibak

2. Name the southern-most city of Karnataka which is a neighbouring city of the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu?

Udupi
Bangalore
Mysore
Hubli

3. Ongole cattle are internationally renowned for their bulls. They are indigenous to which Indian state?

Manipur
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

4. Which craft, a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, has a distinctive style called the Machilipatnam style?

Bandhani
Leheria
Himroo
Kalamkari

5. Which Indian city was originally named "Bhagyanagar" or "Bhāgnagar"?

Bangalore
Bhavnagar
Allahabad
Hyderabad

6. Which Indian state has derived its name from the Sanskrit and Pali word, Vihara meaning "abode"?

Tripura
Bihar
Haryana
Assam

7. Patna was renamed as Azimabad in 1704 on the request of Prince Muhammad Azim, who was the grandson of a Mughal emperor. Which emperor?

Shahjahan
Akbar
Aurangazeb
Jahangir

8. Which Indian city is known as the City of Bangles?

Allahabad
Bangalore
Firozabad
Hyderabad

9. Which Mughal emperor constructed the Lal Qila or Red Fort in Delhi?

Humayun
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Akbar

10. The Patang Kite Museum designed by architect Le Corbusier is located at

New Delhi
Chandigarh
Ahmedabad
Jaipur

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