Indian Culture Questions and Answers for UPSC Prelims Exam - Set 14 | Indian Culture Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers for State Public Service Commission Exam

1 The Batihagarh inscription mentions the construction of a gow math (cow temple) by the order of which Sultan ?

1 Alauddin Khalji

2 Muhammad bin Tughlaq

3 Firoz Tughlaq

4 Ibrahim Lodi

Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq

2 The Sharqi kingdom of Jaunpur was founded by a eunuch who was in the service of sultan Firoz Tughluq. Identify the eunuch from the following :

1 Malik Sarwar

2 Abu Bakr Shah

3 Muhammad Shah

4 Mir Hajib Sultani

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Answer: Malik Sarwar

3 Identify the pair of the emperors in their period tobacco come into use in Northern India and it was banned within twenty years.

1 Humayun and Akbar

2 Akbar and Jahangir

3 Jahangir and Shah Jahan

4 Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

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Answer:Akbar and Jahangir

4 From the following, point out the incorrect pair :

1 Rajatarangini – Sanskrit

2 Humayunama – Turkish

3 Baburnama – Turkish

4 Chachnama – Arabic

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Answer:Humayunama – Turkish

5 Who among the following pursued European fashions construction of their buildings ?

1 British

2 Dutch

3 French

4 Portuguese

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Answer:British

6 Mughal nobles were honoured in many ways. Which one of the following did not fall into the category of royal honours bestowed upon the nobles ?

1 Khila’t

2 Sarpech

3 Sar-o-pa

4 Nisar

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Answer:Nisar

7 “As regards myself, my liking for painting and my practice in judging it has arrived at such a point that when any work is brought before me, either of deceased artists or of those of the present day, without the names being told me, I say on the spur of the moment that it is the work of such and such a man.” In the above statement which of the following emperor is applanding his painting skills ?

1 Babur

2 Akbar

3 Jahangir

4 Shahjahan

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Answer: Jahangir

8 Identify which one of the following does not belong to Serampore missionaries :

1 William Carey

2 Joshua Marshman

3 Charles Grant

4 William Ward

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Answer:Charles Grant

9 Identify which one of the following statement is wrong :

1 Orientalists made an attempt to learn about Indian culture through a study of texts in Sanskrit and Persian languages and use that knowledge in matters of governance.

2 Utilitarians believed in appropriate social engineering and authoritarian reformism.

3 Evangelists argued about the necessity of government intervention to liberate Indian’s from their religions that were full of superstitions, idolatry and tyranny of the priests.

4 Free trade thinkers believed that a free Indian economy would ensure a free flow of trade from the shackles of tradition and without government intervention.

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Answer:Free trade thinkers believed that a free Indian economy would ensure a free flow of trade from the shackles of tradition and without government intervention.

10 On whose suggestion Dayananda Saraswati started recording his ideas that formed the content of Satyartha Prakash ?

1 Swami Vijayananda

2 Devendranath Tagore

3 Raja Jai Kishan Das

4 Lala Hans Raj

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Answer: Raja Jai Kishan Das

11 Which one of the following literary works was not authored by Bankim Chandra Chatterji ?

1 Meghnadbadh

2 Durgeshnandini

3 Kamalakanta

4 Anandmath

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Answer:Meghnadbadh

12 Who said : “I want to be in my country not as outlander but as master in the same sense that an Englishman is a master in his own country and in the colonies.”

1 B.G. Tilak

2 B.C. Pal

3 M.K. Gandhi

4 Lala Lajpat Rai

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Answer: B.G. Tilak

13 Who was the moving spirit behind the founding of Indian Social Conference in 1887 ?

1 Beheramji M. Malabari

2 Surendra Nath Banerjee

3 Mahadev Govind Ranade

4 Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar

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Answer: Mahadev Govind Ranade

14 Who amongst the following was not an eminent orientalist ?

1 Dr. Bhau Daji

2 Dr. R.G. Bhandarkar

3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4 Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

15 Who wrote the song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ during the Swadeshi Movement, that later inspired liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as their national anthem ?

1 Kazi Nazrul Islam

2 Rajani Kant Sen

3 Syed Abu Mohammed

4 Rabindranath Tagore

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