Indian Culture Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Indian Culture Solved MCQs Set12
Questions
1
Which one is not the twelve edicts of emperor Jahangir ?
Answer: Prophet’s law (Shari’at-i Nabawi) which had withered like a red flower by the winter wind should be renewed.
2
Printing in Tamil began under missionary auspices. Which was the first work printed in 1677 ?
Answer: Kiristhava Vedopadesam
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3
Which one of the following is not the biography of the nobles ?
Answer: Mirat-i Ahmadi
4
Who among the following wrote a letter to a friend to let Balkrishan copy, from a book in the latter’s possession, the poem (qasida), Bahr-i Abrar : “If the friend would not trust him with the book, Balkrishan will sit in your mosque for one or two days and transcribe it there.” ?
Answer:Shaikh Jalal Hisari
5
Who said, “Before Asia is in a position to co-operate with the cultures of Europe, she must base her own structure on a synthesis of all the different cultures which she has.” ?
Answer:Rabindranath Tagore
6
The writings of which of the following persons have not enriched Bengali Drama ?
Answer:Rasik Krishna Malik
7
Select the incorrect pair from the following :
Answer: Osmania University - 1897
8
Who said, “There are higher powers that rule the destiny of things and it may be the will of providence that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free”.
Answer: Lokmanya B.G. Tilak
9
To which region of India, belong the forms of folk performances - Khel, Lavani, Gondhal and Tamasha ?
Answer:Maharashtra
10
Where did Pandit V.D. Paluskar establish the first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya ?
Answer:Lahore
11
Whose ‘Garden City’ concept inspired Edwin L. Lutyen while planning New Delhi’s architecture ?
Answer:Ebenezer Howard
12
To which musical genre did the musical trinity - Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri - made remarkable contribution in terms of both style and composition ?
Answer: Carnatik Music
13
Who designed Allahabad University Building (1887) in Indo-Islamic style ?
Answer:Swinton Jacob
14
Who among the following did not influence Mahatma Gandhi during his formative years ?
Answer: John Stuart Mill
15
When were the bow and arrow added in the equipment of hunters for the first time ?
Answer:Mesolithic period
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