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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Culture-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Indian Culture with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-4 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Indian Culture .
31
Dhamma which Ashoka the Great tried to instill as the governing principle and enforced in every sphere of life was :
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
A code for moral and virtuous life.
32
Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya are:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya are Buddhist concepts.
33
Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from :
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from Morocco.
34
Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar Orgnisation.
35
Which Sufi order (Silsila) laid great stress on practicing mystic music ?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Chisti Order laid great stress on practicing mystic music.
36
Which Governor General is remembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Lord Hardinge is remembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal.
37
Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Firoz Shah Tughlaq was the cousin brother of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, and became the ruler of Delhi on 23rd march 1351 A.D. He imposed only four taxes sanctioned by Islamic viz., kharaj (land tax), khams (1/5 of the looted property during wars), Jizya (religious tax on the Hindus), and Zakat.
38
The writer of Rajatarangini is :
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Kalhana (sometimes spelled Kalhan or Kalhan'a) (c. 12th century), a Kashmiri, was the author of Rajatarangini (River of Kings), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149.
39
Who first applied the name India to the region watered by the Sindhu ?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The name 'India' was first applied by the Achaemenid Persians to the region watered by the Sindhu.
40
The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha (mountains of Gondwana), Vindhya and Pariyatra (Western Vindhuas upto the Aravallis)