Indian Culture Questions and Answers for UPSC Prelims Exam - Set 20 | Indian Culture Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers for State Public Service Commission Exam

1 Mullah Muhammad Said was the tutor of

1 Jahan Ara

2 Raushan Ara

3 Zeb-un Nisa

4 Lal Kanwar

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Answer: Zeb-un Nisa

2 In medieval India, Kos Minars were built to

1 facilitate pilgrims

2 measure distance of travelling

3 hang prisoners of war

4 hang the skulls of criminals as deterrent measures

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Answer: measure distance of travelling

3 Who of the following was known as the “Zabardast-Maulvi” ?

1 Ram Mohan Roy

2 Debendranath Tagore

3 Keshabchandrasen

4 Sayed Ahmed Khan

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Answer: Ram Mohan Roy

4 Which one of the following objectives of theosophical society is not correct ?

1 To form a universal brotherhood of man.

2 To promote the study of ancient religious, philosophies and sciences.

3 To investigate the laws of nature and develop the divine powers latent in man.

4 To proclaim superiority of Christian ethics over Eastern faiths.

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Answer:To proclaim superiority of Christian ethics over Eastern faiths.

5 Which association was started at Nasik in 1900 by V.D. Savarkar with the objective of achieving political independence of India ?

1 Mitra Mela

2 Yuva Bharat

3 Navya Bharat

4 Youngmen Society

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Answer:Mitra Mela

6 Which of the organisations had its first meeting in 1910 at Allahabad to promote women’s education ?

1 Stree Mandal

2 Bharatiya Mahila Sangh

3 Bharat Stree Mahamandal

4 Bharat Nari Samaj

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Answer:Bharat Stree Mahamandal

7 Who wrote : “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation; to attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming first and foremost at political freedom, is the very height of ignorance.”

1 B.G. Tilak

2 Lala Lajpat Rai

3 Aurobindo Ghosh

4 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh

8 Who wrote cultural history through the novel Tillana Mohanambal under the pseudonym ‘Kalaimani’ ?

1 Abraham Pandithar

2 M.S. Ramaswami Ayyar

3 P. Sambamoorti

4 Kothamangalam Subbu

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Answer:Kothamangalam Subbu

9 Which architect designed the entire township and the new capital complex of Chandigarh ?

1 F.L. Wright

2 Le Corbusier

3 Patrick Geddes

4 Nig Claude Batley anthas

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Answer:Le Corbusier

10 At which palaeolithic site the evidence of animal foot-prints along with Acheulian tools has been found ?

1 Attirampakkam

2 Bhimbetaka

3 Didwana

4 Hunsgi

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Answer:Attirampakkam

11 Identify the site in Kashmir valley characterised by habitational deposits belonging to Neolithic, Megalithic and historical periods, where a pre-ceramic Neolithic level dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.

1 Burzahom

2 Mehrgarh

3 Gufkral

4 Pirak

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