This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > India > Indian Culture – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Culture Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kalidasa was a classical ..... writer. A) Hindi. B) Sanskrit. C) Tamil. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 2. The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at A) Allahabad. B) Haridwar. C) Ujjain. D) Nasik. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haridwar. 3. Total number of languages spoken in India A) 121. B) 22. C) 36. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 121. 4. India is covered by how many oceans? A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 5. What is meant by Yield? A) Produce. B) Punishment. C) Insight. D) Downfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produce. 6. Mohiniattam dance from developed originally in which state? A) Orissa. B) Karnataka. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 7. This marks the beginning of Indian New Year. A) Rakhi. B) Ganeshchathurti. C) Diwali. D) Holi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diwali. 8. How many theories do scientist have about Indenisation? A) 3. B) 7. C) 5. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 9. What is the definition of culture? A) An organized and advanced society. B) A group of relatives who lived in the past. C) The way of life shared by a group of people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The way of life shared by a group of people. 10. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Mohammad Iqbal. C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. D) Jaidev. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohammad Iqbal. 11. 'Natya-Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was written by A) Abhinav Gupt. B) Tandu Muni. C) Bharat Muni. D) Nara Muni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bharat Muni. 12. Thaipusam festival celebrating for which god? A) Lord Krishna. B) Lord Ayyappan. C) Lord Murugan. D) Lord Vinayagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Murugan. 13. What is a community A) Community is a group of people. B) People who live in a particular area. C) None of these. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who live in a particular area. 14. ..... has been passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth. A) Bengali Music. B) Folk Music. C) Hindustani Music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folk Music. 15. Which language is one of the oldest language in india A) Tamil. B) Malayalam. C) Sanskrit. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 16. Something built or constructed A) Igloo. B) Descendant. C) Structure. D) Potlatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure. 17. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers? A) Humayun. B) Shahjahan. C) Sher Shah Suri. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 18. Portable, cone-shaped homes, favored by the plains cultures A) Igloo. B) Longhouse. C) Wigwam. D) Teepee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teepee. 19. The map shows that only ..... and ..... countries were independent when the war Broke out A) Thailand and Republic of China. B) Thailand and United Kingdom. C) Republic of China and Philippines. D) Australia and India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thailand and Republic of China. 20. Buddha is known as ..... A) Jin. B) Gautam. C) Siddha. D) Arya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gautam. 21. Around ..... % of Indonesia's population were Muslims in 2017. A) 80-90. B) 72-79. C) 65-75. D) 92-99. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80-90. 22. The Puranas and Upanishads are written in one of the oldest languages of our country. This language is ..... A) Sanskrit. B) Devanagri. C) Tamil. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 23. When Islam was accepted by the rulers and elites, Islamic culture influences spread to ..... and became a part of ..... cultures. A) Villages. B) Empires. C) Bedouins. D) Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villages. 24. Which Indian mathematician is considered as the founder of numerical analysis? A) Bhaskara II. B) Birbal Sahni. C) Brahmagupta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmagupta. 25. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was A) Sanskrit. B) Bhojpuri. C) Pali. D) Magadhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pali. 26. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why? A) Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. B) Shankracharya was born that year. C) Samudragupta converted to Hinduism. D) All Muslim invaders were defeated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shankracharya was born that year. 27. What is meant by Harvest? A) Previous. B) Obtained. C) Collect. D) Actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collect. 28. Which century was the Angkor Wat temple buit A) 19 th century. B) 16 th century. C) 12 th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 th century. 29. Who got the first Asian poet to badge nobel prize for literature? A) R.K.narayan. B) Rabindranath Tagor. C) Vikram Seth. D) Kalidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagor. 30. Garba is a form of A) Folk Dance. B) Classical Dance. C) Classical Music. D) Folk Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folk Dance. 31. As a dwelling, what advantage did the tepee offer to the hunters of the Great Plains? A) Could hold an entire extended family. B) Kept inhabitants warm throughout the winter. C) Built to withstand the harsh winds of the Great Plains. D) Easily moved from place to place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easily moved from place to place. 32. What was the name of the dolls that were presented to young Puebloan girls? A) Puebloan Doll. B) Barbie Doll. C) Baby Doll. D) Kachina Doll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kachina Doll. 33. Who is Mahatma Gandhi? A) Politician. B) Indian Lawyer. C) Social Activist. D) All answers correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers correct. 34. Which Indian group is least likely to have a Green Corn Ceremony? A) Inuit. B) Mound Builders. C) Navajo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inuit. 35. This Islamic architecture was built by Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. Name it. A) Taj Mahal. B) Red Fort. C) Fatehpur Sikhri. D) Qutub Minar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taj Mahal. 36. Rearrange the jumbled words1-valain A) Garba. B) Lavani. C) Ghoomar. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lavani. 37. Which statement accurately compares folklore and tradition? A) A Tradition involve folklore-the customs, stories, and beliefs of a people-that is passed down from one generation to the next. B) Folklore is the system of decision making and power sharing for a group that wants to change the rules and make new traditions. C) Traditions are more important than folklore because they are passed down from parents to children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Tradition involve folklore-the customs, stories, and beliefs of a people-that is passed down from one generation to the next. 38. In 1937 ..... armies invaded China A) British. B) Portuguese. C) Japanese. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japanese. 39. To keep something going or continuing changing is to ..... A) Custom. B) Aspect. C) Maintain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintain. 40. When is independence day celebrated? A) 29 February. B) 30 march. C) 20 January. D) 15 august. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15 august. 41. Ok S/N station..... A) Writer. B) Dancer. C) Artist. D) Architect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artist. 42. How did the Hopi people use Kachina dolls as part of their religion? A) They used them as a reward. B) They used them to teach traditions and customs. C) They were used for discipline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They used them to teach traditions and customs. 43. Most famous food A) Mughlai. B) Chole bhature. C) Dosa. D) Paranthas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mughlai. 44. Which one is not a harvest festival in india(A) Onam(B) Lohri(C) Ugadi(D) Holi A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 45. ..... Painting is done in Andhra Pradesh. A) Patachitra. B) Madhubani. C) Gond. D) Kalamkari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalamkari. 46. Under which category does Vaishya Theory fall under? A) Political. B) Economic. C) Religious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic. 47. When did the British came to India? A) 1501. B) 1757. C) 1820. D) 1597. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1757. 48. The Prime Minister of India is ..... A) PV Sindhu. B) Rani Laksmibai. C) Narendra Modi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narendra Modi. 49. Festival of colors is? A) Pongal. B) Ugadi. C) Diwali. D) Baisakhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baisakhi. 50. Chanakya wrote the ..... A) Arthashastra. B) Charaka Samhita. C) Sushruta Samhita. D) Mahabhrata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthashastra. 51. Losoong is a festival which is celebrated in- A) Manipur. B) Arunachal Pradesh. C) Sikkim. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sikkim. 52. Who discovered India? A) Rajendra Prasad. B) Julio Cardoso. C) Eugene Dubois. D) Vasco Da Gama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vasco Da Gama. 53. The Grange is the longest river in A) Assam. B) Bangadesh. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 54. According to Kalidasa yesterday is a ..... A) Dream. B) Vision. C) Hope. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dream. 55. What was the name of the traditional hair style that was a custom of some American Indian groups in the Eastern Woodlands? A) French Braid. B) Dreadlocks. C) Head Dress. D) Mohawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohawk. 56. Which country invented shampoo? A) Turkey. B) Thailand. C) India. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 57. What Country Were They Fighting Against? A) Nigeria. B) Canadian. C) French. D) U.S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) U.S. 58. The Karma was created by ..... A) Others. B) God. C) Fate. D) Ourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ourself. 59. When did the Author K.J. Saunder died? A) 1934. B) 1937. C) 1935. D) 1936. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1937. 60. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of A) Baroda. B) Travancore. C) Hyderabad. D) Mysore. 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