Deck 2: Indian History and Culture

Question 1

Which script was used in Ashoka's inscription?

A)Brahmi
B)Devnagri
C)Gurumukhi
D)Sanskrit

Answer 1

Brahmi

Question 2

'Shantivan' is the Samadhi of

A)Lal Bahadur Shastri
B)Indira Gandhi
C)Bhimrao Ambedkar
D)Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer 2

Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 3

Bharat Ratna is designed like the leaf of

A)banana tree
B)peepal tree
C)coconut tree
D)sandalwood tree

Answer 3

peepal tree

Question 4

Who was the first Indian to go into space?

A)Satish Dhawan
B)Ravi Malhotra
C)Rakesh Sharma
D)None of the above

Question 5

Which was the only Indus Site with an Artificial brick dockyard?

A)Lethal
B)Kalibangan
C)Harappan
D)Mohenjodaro

Question 6

The place of birth of Gautam Buddha is -

A)Dhauli
B)Lumbini
C)Valabhi
D)Kapilvastu

Question 7

Who drafted the preamble of Indian Constitution?

A)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Dr. BR. Ambedkar
D)Led Bahadur Shastri

Question 8

Who is the first woman legislator in India?

A)Tara Cherian
B)Cornelia
C)Muthulakshmi Reddy
D)Anna Chandy

Question 9

n the day of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the people were collected in the Bagh to protest against which measure of the British Government?

A)Martia1 law in Punjab
B)Simon Commission
C)Ilbert Bill
D)Rowlatt Act

Question 10

The Upanishads are the -

A)Great Epica
B)Story Books
C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
D)Law Books

Question 11

Who was the founder of 'Banaras Hindu University'?

A)Sukumar Dutt
B)Madan Mohan Malvia
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Motilal Nehru

Question 12

The second Battle of Tarain was fought between -

A)Alexander and Porus
B)Jai Chand and Mohammed Ghori
C)Akbar and Hemu
D)Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan

Question 13

Which article of the Indian Constitution mentions Financial Emergency?

A)360
B)340
C)350
D)330

Question 14

When did Jallianwala Bagh' tragedy occur?

A)13th April, 1867
B)15th June, 1947
C)13th April, 1919
D)17th May, 2011

Question 15

Who was the first indian Chief Election Commissioner?

A)Morarji Desai
B)Sukumar Sen
C)Sardar Patel
D)V.S Ramadevi

Question 16

Synagogue is a worship place for which religion?

A)Parsi religion
B)Taoism
C)Judaism
D)Shinto religion

Question 17

Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year             .

A)1543
B)1643
C)1743
D)1843

Question 18

Which type of ancient script did the Harappans use?

A)Pictographic
B)Linear
C)Symbolic
D)Hieroglyphic

Question 19

Who is the author of Arthashastra?

A)Kautilya
B)Tulsidas
C)Vishnu Sharma
D)Kalidasa

Question 20

The harvest festival of Indian state of Punjab is known as -

A)Pongal
B)Lohri
C)Basant Panchami
D)Gudi Padva

Question 21

Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

A)Abul Fazal
B)Mian Tansen
C)Raja Birbal
D)Raja Todar Mal

Question 22

Tripitakas are sacred books of -

A)Hindus
B)Jains
C)Parsis
D)Buddhists

Question 23

Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi?

A)Sabarmati Ashram
B)Sevagram Ashram
C)Vishwa Bharti
D)Phoenix Ashram

Question 24

The immortal national song "Vande Mataram" has been written by -

A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Sarat Chandra Chatterji
C)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D)Surendranath Bandopadyay

Question 25

One of the earliest explorers who visited India was Megasthenes. Which country did he hail from?

A)Greece
B)Spain
C)Egypt
D)Italy