Indian Culture Quiz 4

Indian Culture Quiz 4

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1. Name the Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union who became the prime minister of India?

IK Gujral
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
P.V Narasimha Rao

2. Ghoomar is the traditional folk dance of which state?

Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir

3.In which Indian state the  is celebrated?

Sikkim
Assam
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland

4. Who designed Indian Flag?

Subhash Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Pingali Venkayya
Raja Ravi Varma

5. Rukmini Devi and and Yamini Krishanamurthy are related to which classical dance form?

Bharthanatyam
Kathak
Odissi
Mohiniyattom

6. The National School of Drama is located at

Kolkatha
Mumbai
Delhi
Pune

7. Bhand Jashan, known as the ” festival of clowns”, is a famous folk dance that has a cultural legacy of 200-300 years. To which Indian state does it belong?

Maharashtra
Gujrat
Assam
Jammu and Kashmir

8. The Gardens of Babur, locally called Bagh-e Babur, is a historic park and the last resting-place of first Mughal Emperor, Babur. Where is it located?

Kabul, Afghanistan
Fatehpur Sikri, India
Lahore, Pakistan
Agra, India

9. Which drum from Manipur is known as the Manipuri mridang?

Pung
Khol
Kartal
Morsing

10. Lavani is the popular dance form of which Indian state?

Manipur
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Gujrat

Indian Culture Quiz 3

Indian Culture Quiz 3

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1. Buddha was born at

Vaishali
Lumbini
Kapilavastu
Pataliputra

2. Who is called Light of Asia?

Lord Mahavira
Chatrapati Shivaji
Gautam Budha
Mahatma Gandhi

3. Who actually wrote Mahabharata while Veda Vyasa was dictating the epic?

Lord Ganesha
Narada
Viswamitra
Viswakarma

4. To which state Garba dance belong?

Madhya Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Gujrat
Uttar Pradesh

5. Birju Maharaj is a dancer. With which dance form he is associated?

Bharatanatyam
Kathakali
Kathak
Kuchupudi

6. By which name is Gandhi’s model village known?

Sevagram
Gandhigram
Sevasram
Vrindavan

7. Where is Hawa Mahal located?

Agra
Jaipur
New Delhi
Hyderabad

8. Dogri is a principal language of which Indian state?

Karnataka
Gujrat
Andhra Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir

9. Who was born with the name Manikarnika, and finally succumbed to her enemies at the battle of “Kotah Ki Sarai”?

Rani Lakshmi Bai
Begum Hazrath Mahal
Rani Chennamma
Rani Avanti Bai

10. According to Ibn Batuta, which of Delhi’s monuments have no parallel in the lands of Islam?

Qutub Minar
Taj Mahal
Hawa Mahal
Charminar

Indian Culture Quiz 2

Indian Culture Quiz 2

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1. The official duration of the National Anthem when it is played on a band is

50 seconds
52 seconds
48 seconds
54 seconds

2. The National School of Drama is located at

Kolkatha
Mumbai
Delhi
Pune

3. Palace on Wheels is a

Five Star Hotel
Historical Monument
Luxury Train
Hill Palace

4. Name the annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its camel trading event?

Jaipur
Pushkar
Jabalpur
Udaypur

5. What does Sanskrit literally mean

Perfect or Refined
Culture
First
Written

6. Name the composer of Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire

Anu Malik
A.R Rahman
Bappi Lahiri
Nadeerm Shravan

7. Which one is the first month of Saka Era (Calendar)?

Chaitra
Vaishaka
Shravana
Magha

8. Who composed Raga Mohan Kauns in honour of Mahatma Gandhi?

Ustad Bismillah Khan
A R Rahman
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Bappi Lahiri

9. Who among the following was the daughter of Ashoka?

Kannagi
Charulata
Sanghamitta
Samprati

10. Suddhodhana was the father of

Mahavira
Gautam Buddha
Sri Ram
Chandragupta

Indian Culture Quiz 1

Indian Culture and Heritage Quiz 1

Multiple Choice Questions along with explanatory answers on Indian culture and heritage.

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1. Which one of the following was the India’s first two sites inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO?

Agra Fort and Ajanta Caves
Red Fort and Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal and Ajanta Caves
Jantar Mantar and Sun Temple

2. Shovna Narayan is a well known personality in which dance form?

Bharathanatyam
Kuchupudi
Kathak
Mohiniyattam

3. Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ was originated from Madhubani district. Name the state

Uthar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh

4. The famous Dilwara Temples are situated in

Uthar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh

5. Who wrote "Ashtadhyayi", the first text on Sanskrit grammar?

Tulsidas
Panini
Patanjali
Bhaskara

6. She was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival (1963 Moscow International Film Festival) and a recipient of Padma Shri in 1972. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Who is she?

Sharmila Tagore
Zeenat Aman
Meena Kumari
Suchitra Sen

7. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication, is the festival of which religion?

Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Budhism

8. Who designed Indian National Flag

Pingali Venkayya
Mahatma Gandhi
Ravindra Nath Tagore
B R Ambedkar

9. Which university was founded by Madan Mohan Malaviya?

Delhi University
Banarus Hindu University
Madurai Kamaraj University
Jiwaji University

10. Where did Bharata Natyam originate

Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Karnataka



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General Knowledge Quiz 46

General Knowledge Quiz 46

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1. Who is considered as the "father of modern oceanography" and called "the pathfinder of the seas"?

James Cook
Charles Darwin
Richard Byrd
Matthew Fontaine Maury

2. Name the South Pacific island nation which has become the world’s first government to accept bitcoin in exchange for citizenship.

Vanuatu
Kiribati
Fiji
Samoa

3. Who is known as the "Father of Modern Geology"?

Harrison Schmidt
Louis Agassiz
James Hutton
Erasthenes

4. 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of which country?

France
Canada
Italy
Algeria

5. Name the capital of Myanmar

Rangoon
Naypyidaw
Bangkok
Mandalay

6. With the design of which one of the following is Silvio Gazzaniga associated?

Ashes Cup
Davis Cup
FIFA World Cup Trophy
Thomas Cup

7. With which one of the following is the Queensberry Rules associated?

Boxing
Golf
Baseball
Basketball

8. What is the fear of vegetables known as?

Lachanophobia
Vitricophobia
Anthophobia
Febriphobia

9. Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi

10. Name the historian and mathematician who wrote "The Frech Revolution: A History" that inspired Charled Dickens to write "The Tale of Two Cities"

William Doyle
Simon Schama
Thomas Carlyl
Christopher Hibbert

General Knowledge Quiz 45: Personalities Quzi

Personalities Quiz

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1. Who is known as the "Man of Peace" in India?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Lala Lajpat Rai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri

2. Who mong the following won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2017 in English Language?

Payal Kapadia
Ruskin Bond
Paro Anand
Roopa Pai

3. Name the only test cricketer in the history to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Younis Khan
Virat Kohli

4. Recipient of 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, this famous writer modestly told that Carl Sandburg, Isak Dinesen and Bernard Berenson deserved the prize. Who is he?

George Bernard Shaw
Pablo Neruda
Samuel Beckett
Earnest Hemingway

5. Samuel Colt, American inventor, is associated with the invention of

Refrigerator
Revolver
Fountain pen
Air Conditioner

6. Which cricketer is a member of the Australian rock band "Six & Out"?

Shane Warne
Scott Muller
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath

7. Who among the following is recognised as the creator of the first modern atlas?

Anaximander
Abraham Ortelius
Martin Behaim
Captain James Rennell

8. Who coined the terms "Palaeolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages?

John Lubbock
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel

9. Who contributed the terms scientist, physicist, linguist and many other scientific terms?

Michael Faraday
William King
Galileo Galilei
William Whewell

10. Who introduced PH Scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution?

John Dalton
SPL Sorensen
Humphry Davy
Robert Boyle

India Quiz 86

India Quiz 86

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1. 12 Corps of the Indian Army charged with protection of the desert sectors of the country falling in Rajasthan and Gujarat states is known as

Vajra Corps
Konark Corps
Chinar Corps
Chetak Corps

2. In which railways station did Google launch its "fast Wi-Fi for everyone" program called Google Station?

New Delhi
Kolkata
Chennai
Mumbai

3. India’s first cartoon network theme park “Amaazia” will come up in which city?

Bengaluru
Hyderabad
New Delhi
Surat

4. Name the Indian bank founded by Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad in 1908

Bank of Travancore
Bank of Baroda
Bank of Madras
Allahabad Bank

5. Name the largest monastery in India

Tawang Monastery
Rumtek Monastery
Namgyal Monastery
Bodhimanda Vihara Monastery

6. What is the colour of Baal Aadhar meant for children below five years?

Red
Green
Blue
Pink

7. Which ancient mathematical textbook found in 1881 contains the earliest known Indian use of a zero symbol?

Aryabhatiya
Sthananga Sutra
Tiloyapannati
Bakhshali Manuscript

8. Which one of the following is the first Online radio station in India?

Radio Umang
Radio Tarang
Radio Mirchi
Radio Bharati

9. Which was the last film directed by Dada Saheb Phalke, which was also his first sound film?

Setu Bandhan
Gangavataran
Kaliya Mardhan
Satyavan Savitri

10. Who among the following became the first chinaman bowler to play for India?

Umesh Yadav
Varun Aron
Jasprit Bumrah
Kuldeep Yadav