Indian Culture Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Indian Culture Solved MCQs Set 4

1 A manuscript of Dhammapada written in Prakrit language and Kharoshthi script was found from :

2 Which of the following statements is not true about schism among the early Shias ?

3 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Shah Waliullah has divided sufism into four epochs. The first began with the Prophet Muhammad and extended until the time of Junaid of Baghadad.

Reason (R) : The sufis of the first period devoted themselves to prayer fasting and zikr they live in a state of ecstacy which led to Twajjuh which they considered necessary for spiritual life.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

4 “He shed his ‘I’ in mystical annihilation (fana) ‘as snakes their skin’ and in that state he declared : Glory be to me ! How great is my majesty ! Thy obedience to me is greater than my obedience to thee”. In the above statement Al-Junaid is referring to which of the following sufi saint ?

5 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Al-Biruni was proud of his mathematical and scientific heritage and was hostile to mystical ideas.

Reason (R) : He condemned sufi rationalism and compared Muslim alchemy and Hindu rasayan (Chemistry) with witchcraft.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

6 Fakhr-i Mudabbir writes, “Despite the fact that his troops were drawn from such heterogenous sources as Turks, Ghurids, Khurasanis, Khaljis and Hindustanis, no soldier dared to take by force a blade of grass, or a morsel of food, a goat from the fold or a bird from the sown or extract compulsory lodging from a peasant.” Identify this sultan :

7 When Sultan Iltutmish sent 500 silver tankas with a farman conferring a village on him, the wife of this sufi saint reacted sharply by saying, ‘O khwaja ! Do you want to disgrace years of spiritual devotion and penitence by accepting this gift ? Do not worry. I have spu n two sirs of yarn. It will suffice for preparing a loin cloth for you and a dupatta for me.’ The Shaikh then declined to accept the royal gift. Identify this Sufi who declined the royal offer :

8 About Alauddin Khalji, which of the following statements are correct ?

(a) He prohibited drinking of wine.

(b) He punished the rapists severely.

(c) He introduced the market control policy for the welfare of his subjects.

(d) He had Rajputs as his body-guards.

Select the correct answer from the code given below : Code :

9 Arrange in a chronological sequence the following dowager queens who ruled as regents of their minor successor sons :

(a) Didda

(b) Karpuradevi

(c) Mayanalladevi

(d) Prabhavatigupta

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

10 Which of the following is not a constituent of a state as conceived by ancient political thinkers ?

11 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : When Qutbuddin Aibek attacked Kalinjarin 1202, Ajaydeva, the Chief Minister, arranged water supply from a hillside spring and was confident that it would not fail.

Reason (R) : The Turks could not divert the water course and could not cut off the source of supply of water to the Kalinjar fort.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

12 ‘The Sultan organized his court on the Iranian model and emulated the etiquette and ceremonials of the Sassanids meticulously in all details. He sat on his throne with the dignity of the great Sassanid kings.’Who was this sultan ?

13 ‘Unlike his father, the prince was affable, courteous and distinguished for his excellent manners; by birth a prince, it was not necessary for him to resort to the mannerism of a superman, which made his father so dignified in the eyes of the masses and so ridiculous in the eyes of the discerning’. Identify this prince :

14 Which socio-religious practice did Chishti sufis borrow from the Urdhamukhi Sadhus ?

15 Various traditions have appropriated Kabir in their own way. In this regard which of the following statement is not true ?