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Indian Culture Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Indian Culture Solved MCQs Set32

(1) Mahmudi was a :
(1) gold coin
(2) silver coin
(3) copper coin
(4) brozne coin
Answer: silver coin
(2) Hisar was founded in the 14th Century by :
(1) Alauddin Khalji
(2) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
(3) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(4) Firuz shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firuz shah Tughlaq

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(3) The first Kashmir Sultan to have established madrasas in different parts of the valley was :
(1) Zain ul Abidin
(2) Shihab ud-din
(3) Hasan Shah
(4) Husain Shah
Answer: Shihab ud-din
(4) The authorship of the commentary on Gita Govind, named Rasika Priya, and the last part of the Eklinga mahatmya have been attributed to :
(1) Rana Kumbha
(2) Rana Mokal
(3) Rana Sanga
(4) Rana Pratap
Answer: Rana Kumbha
(5) The ancient tradition of painting on large squares of cloth is found continued, remarkably, in the great manuscript of the Hamza Namah commissioned by the Mughal emperor :
(1) Humayun
(2) Akbar
(3) Jahangir
(4) Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
(6) Yogavasishtha was translated from Sanskrit into Persian, specially for :
(1) Prince Kamran
(2) Prince Salim
(3) Prince Khusrau
(4) Prince Murad Bakhsh
Answer: Prince Salim
(7) Itimad-ud daula’s tomb is situated at :
(1) Lahore
(2) Kabul
(3) Delhi
(4) Agra
Answer: Agra
(8) Which of the following books was written by Saif Khan, a Mansabdar :
(1) Raag Bhairavi
(2) Raag Bagheshwari
(3) Raag Malhar
(4) Raag Darpan
Answer: Raag Darpan
(9) Which one of the following published a comparative grammar of the Dravidian Languages ?
(1) A.D. Compbell
(2) C.P. Brown
(3) Dr. Caldwell
(4) William Brown
Answer: Dr. Caldwell
(10) In which year Christian missionaries were permitted to preach in British India ?
(1) 1793
(2) 1813
(3) 1833
(4) 1853
Answer: 1813
(11) Identify the poet who translated Ramayana and Mahabharata into Oriya.
(1) Radhanath Ray
(2) Ramshankar Ray
(3) Phakir Mohan
(4) Jagmohan
Answer: Phakir Mohan
(12) To fight idolatry and the caste system in Bombay in 1840, which of the following organization was started ?
(1) Paramahans Mandali
(2) Parmanand Mandali
(3) Parmatma Mandali
(4) Acharya Mandali
Answer: Paramahans Mandali
(13) In which year S.N.D.T. women’s university was started at Bombay :
(1) 1915
(2) 1916
(3) 1917
(4) 1918
Answer: 1916
(14) Who was popularly known as the ‘Uncrowned King of Bombay’ ?
(1) Badruddin Tyabji
(2) Phirozeshah Mehta
(3) Kashinath Telang
(4) Dadabai Naoroji
Answer: Phirozeshah Mehta
(15) Who coined the slogan ‘One religion one caste and one God for mankind’ ?
(1) Jyotiba Phule
(2) Shri Narayan Guru
(3) Tukadoji Maharaj
(4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Shri Narayan Guru

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