This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > India > Indian Culture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Culture Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many countries were there in India A) 6. B) 3. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 2. Islam arrived in Southeast Asia in ..... A) 1474. B) 1300. C) 1282. D) 1200. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1282. 3. What is the total number of people in India who are sikhs? A) 24, 080, 016. B) 138, 188, 240. C) 827, 578, 868. D) 19, 215, 730. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 19, 215, 730. 4. Which temple dedicated to the sun-god is shaped like a chariot? A) Surya Pahar Temple, Assam. B) Sun Temple, Konark. C) Jagannath Temple, Puri. D) Lotus Temple, New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun Temple, Konark. 5. Over the next 8 years the war raged.Eventually the Allied forces of the United Kingdom and its commonwealth countries of ....., ....., ..... and Canada were involved in the war A) Japan, China, Indonesia. B) Thailand, Japan, Australia. C) India, Indonesia, China. D) Australia, India, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia, India, New Zealand. 6. How many countries celebrate Diwali? A) 10. B) 6. C) 2. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11. 7. What reflects the indian society and culture A) Languages and litreature. B) Music and dance. C) Languages, letreature, music and dance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Languages, letreature, music and dance. 8. What are the five elements (Panchabootham)? A) Earth, Sun, Air, Wood, Ice. B) Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Space. C) Earth, Sun, Moon, Water, Fire. D) Air, Water, Planet, Metal, Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Space. 9. The National Song of India was composed by A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji. C) Iqbal. D) Jai Shankar Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji. 10. Mughal dynasty was started by A) Aurangjeb. B) Humayun. C) Akbar. D) Babar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babar. 11. What is meant by Indenisation A) Diffusion of money. B) Diffusion of Indian culture and social cultural spread. C) Diffusion of temples. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diffusion of Indian culture and social cultural spread. 12. In which district of Andhra Pradesh, the Kuchipudi village is located from which the Kuchipudi dance originated A) Nellore. B) Kurnool. C) Krishna. D) Anantapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Krishna. 13. The book of Parsis is A) Bible. B) Zend Avesta. C) Torah. D) Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zend Avesta. 14. Which one is not a harvest festival in India? A) Onam. B) Pongal. C) Holi. D) Lohri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holi. 15. An Indian writer of the British period is ..... A) Chetan Bhagat. B) Munshi Premchand. C) Aravind Adiga. D) Rudyard Kipling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Munshi Premchand. 16. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from A) Mundak Upanishad. B) Rigveda. C) Satpath Brahmana. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mundak Upanishad. 17. Which of the following is a qualitative need? A) Food. B) Political Order. C) Wealth. D) Shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealth. 18. When did India declare independence? A) January, 1 1901. B) March, 25 1821. C) August, 15 1947. D) August, 17 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) August, 15 1947. 19. ..... is the responsible for suffering and rebirth. A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Action. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 20. What is another name for India? A) Bharata. B) Sindhu. C) None of them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bharata. 21. Which dance is originated in Orissa during second century BC A) Roof. B) Chau. C) Lota. D) Odissi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odissi. 22. Rearrange the jumbled wordskariklam A) Warli. B) Madhubani. C) Maharashtra. D) Kalamkari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalamkari. 23. The temple is representation of Mount ..... A) Mount Everest. B) Mount Meru. C) Mount Alps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Meru. 24. Look at the image on page 72.What kind of dancers are they? A) Alaskan. B) American. C) Potlatch. D) Tlingit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tlingit. 25. Where did the first rocket launch from A) Usa. B) India. C) Russia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 26. In which continent is India in? A) Other continents. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 27. Karla, one of the best preserved Buddhist Caves is in which Indian State? A) Maharashtra. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Uttaranchal. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra. 28. What is the official language in India? A) English. B) Hindi. C) Punjabi. D) All answer correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindi. 29. 'Indian culture was spread by people who were trying to spread their religion.' What is the name of this theory? A) Vaishya Theory. B) Kshatriya Theory. C) Brahmin Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmin Theory. 30. 'Indian culture was spread to Southeast Asia through military conquest.' What is the name of this theory? A) Vaishya Theory. B) Kshatriya Theory. C) Brahmin Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriya Theory. 31. Thillana is a format of A) Kuchipudi. B) Kathak. C) Baharatanatyam. D) Odissi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baharatanatyam. 32. The Angkor wat is built in worship to A) Lord Vishnu. B) Lord Shiva. C) Lord Garuda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Vishnu. 33. Which are the schools of art in the following? A) Gujarat, Assam. B) Tamil Nadu, Punjab. C) Rajasthan, Pahari. D) Odissi, Lavani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajasthan, Pahari. 34. Rajasthani and Pahari schools are known as A) Paintings. B) Xylophone. C) Schools of art. D) Chocolates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schools of art. 35. Which famous monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah in 1951 to commemorate the end of Plague? A) Charminar. B) Toli Masjid. C) Jama Masjid. D) Mecca Masjid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charminar. 36. A custom or belief that is passed on from one generation to the next is a/an ..... A) Ancestor. B) Folklore. C) Tradition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition. 37. When was India discovered A) 1498. B) 1452. C) 1521. D) 1563. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1498. 38. ..... is important for development of civilization A) Culture. B) Law and Order. C) Food and drink. D) Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture. 39. Who was in charge of hunting for food? A) Everyone. B) The older women. C) The men and boys. D) No one really knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The men and boys. 40. What is the painting of Maharashtra A) Warli. B) Gond. C) Baul. D) Madhubani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madhubani. 41. Kuchipudi is the dance form of which statex A) Andhrapradesh. B) Kerela. C) Bengal. D) Banglore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andhrapradesh. 42. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat? A) Garba. B) Nautanki. C) Kathakali. D) Bhangra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garba. 43. Which monument was built by the Mughal emperor Akbar? A) Qutub Minar. B) Red Fort. C) Fatehpur Sikhri. D) Charminar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fatehpur Sikhri. 44. What generalization can be made by comparing the lifestyle of the Inuit of the Arctic to the lifestyle of the Natchez in the Southeast? A) One group adapted better to their environment than the other. B) The two societies were similar in organization and way of life. C) Differences in government led to differences in culture. D) Contrasting environments greatly influenced their ways of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrasting environments greatly influenced their ways of life. 45. Which of these has an integral part of Indian culture? A) Dance. B) Art. C) Music. D) All of these. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Music. 46. What Tribe Was There? A) Cherokee. B) Zulu. C) George Bush. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cherokee. 47. Who is known as the father of India A) Narendra Modi. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) PV Sindhu. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 48. A home formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame A) Longhouse. B) Teepee. C) Wigwam. D) Potlatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wigwam. 49. What is the famous dance of manipur A) Kathakali. B) Manni. C) Manipuri. D) Manipari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manipuri. 50. How many Darshans are astik? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 51. India's largest city by popuation A) Chennai. B) Pune. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 52. ..... is known as the Iron man of India.a) Jawaharlal Nehrub) Sardar Patelc) Mahatma Gandhid) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 53. A part of something is a/an ..... A) Custom. B) Aspect. C) Maintain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aspect. 54. With which of the following states of India is the Garba dance associated A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Rajasthan. C) Gujrat. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujrat. 55. Some parts of China such as ..... to its Northeast were under Japanese occupation as part of their empire A) Tibet. B) Hong Kong. C) Quinghai. D) Manchuria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manchuria. 56. Who gave India Independence? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 57. Who is known as the Father of the Indian space program? A) S. Chandra Sekhar. B) Vikram Sarabhai. C) Both A and B. D) None of the a. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vikram Sarabhai. 58. How many types of culture are there A) 7. B) 3. C) 10. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 59. The oldest dance form in India is A) Changsang Changsang. B) Lavani. C) Kathakali. D) Bharatnatyam. E) Garba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bharatnatyam. 60. What Did They Use To Make Clothes? A) Deer Skin. B) Cotton. C) Silk. D) Feathers. 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