This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Culture > Overview > 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. Dollu Kunitha is a folk dance from A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Kerala. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karnataka. 2. The Shirdi Sai Baba passed away in A) 1965. B) 1966. C) 1978. D) 1980. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1980. 3. Which among the following festivals is not celebrated during the months of March-April? A) Easter. B) Durga Puja. C) Holi. D) Navroze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Durga Puja. 4. Which are three 'mukhupdesh' of Guru Nanak Sahib Ji? A) Kirt Karni, Naam Japna, Wand Chaakna. B) Mehnat Karni, Naam Japna, Wand Chaakna. C) Kirt Karni, Gurdwara jana, Wand Chaakna. D) Kirt Karni, Naam Japna, Langar Chaakna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kirt Karni, Naam Japna, Wand Chaakna. 5. Who amongst the following has directed the film 'Little Buddha'? A) BernardoBertolucci. B) Durosowa. C) Mani Kaul. D) Richard Attenburrough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BernardoBertolucci. 6. One could attain salvation by performing the Vedic sacrifices with all their rituals which needed the services of the priests. This was the belief of which school of Indian philosophy A) Vaisheshika. B) Vedanta. C) Nyaya. D) Mimamsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mimamsa. 7. What is the Sikh flag called? A) Khanda. B) Nishan Sahib. C) Kirpan. D) Gurudwara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nishan Sahib. 8. Who was Lakshmana able to slay because he had not eaten, slept, or seen the face of a woman for fourteen years? A) Indrajit. B) Ravan. C) Atikay. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indrajit. 9. What was the name of Eklavya's father? A) Pandu. B) Drona. C) Dhritharashtra. D) Hiranyadhanu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hiranyadhanu. 10. Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days? A) 22 March (or 21st March). B) 15th May (or 16th May). C) 21st April (or 20th April). D) 31st March (or 30th March). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22 March (or 21st March). 11. Losoong festival is celebrated in which of the following states? A) Bengal. B) Assam. C) Kerala. D) Sikkim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikkim. 12. Why did Indian nationalists move away from reform and move to revolution? A) Too slow. B) Too aggressive. C) Too reform. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too slow. 13. Which of the following is a famous Assamese festival? A) Yugadi. B) Onam. C) Makar Sakranti. D) Rongali Bihu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rongali Bihu. 14. The two main enviornmental issues in India are A) Deforestation and water pollution. B) Pollution and deforestation. C) Water Scarcity and pollution. D) Climate change and waste management. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution and deforestation. 15. The "House of Lac" was built by .....? A) Duryodhana. B) Purochana. C) Shakuni. D) Pandavas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purochana. 16. With which one of the following dance form is Madhavi Mudgal associated? A) Kathak. B) Odissi. C) Bharat Natyam. D) Kathakali. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odissi. 17. Dollu Kunitha is a Folk Dance of ..... A) Karnataka. B) Kerala. C) Bihar. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka. 18. To keep something going or continuing without changing A) Folklore. B) Aspect. C) Maintain. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintain. 19. Who is the goddess of the sacred Ganges river in India? A) Ganga. B) Saraswati. C) Yamuna. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganga. 20. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year? A) Austria. B) Germany. C) Switzerland. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austria. 21. Excavations of which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a Vaishnava temple of pre-Christian era? A) Besnagar. B) Bodhgaya. C) Ayodhya. D) Mathura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Besnagar. 22. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was A) Maharaja Jagjeet Singh. B) Maharaja Surjeet Singh. C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 23. Which is not a vedic text? A) The smritis. B) The Upanishads. C) The Angas. D) The Brahmanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Angas. 24. Who is the goddess of speech, wisdom and learning? A) Satyanarayana. B) Shasti. C) Savitar. D) Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saraswati. 25. The role of religion has been A) To provide faith to people in distress. B) To bring people closer. C) Harmonizing. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 26. The Pancharatr system is a part of which sect? A) Ajivikism. B) Jainism. C) Shaivism. D) Vaishnavism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaishnavism. 27. Who among the following is the father of all creatures? A) Agni. B) Arjuna. C) Brahma. D) Kubera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahma. 28. The word 'Sathyameva Jayate' is taken from A) Sam Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Atharva Veda. D) Mundaka Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mundaka Upanishad. 29. Kollam Era or Malayalam Era began in.....? A) 825 AD. B) 865 AD. C) 827 AD. D) 845 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 825 AD. 30. Krishnalila scences are depicted in the temple of A) Nachna Kuthara. B) Deogarh. C) Khoh. D) Sanchi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deogarh. 31. Which river is most described in the Rig-Veda? A) Satluj River. B) Sindhu River. C) Ganga River. D) Yamuna River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sindhu River. 32. Mallika Sarabhai is associated with which of following fields? A) Classical music. B) Sports. C) Social service. D) Classical dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical dance. 33. The Jatakas are the part of which Nikaya? A) Digha Nikaya. B) Khuddaka Nikaya. C) Sayutta Nikaya. D) Anguttara Nikaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khuddaka Nikaya. 34. Who among the following is a famous santoor player? A) Shiv Kumar Sharma. B) Ravi Shankar. C) Hari Prasad Chaurasia. D) Zakir Hussain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shiv Kumar Sharma. 35. A Sikh who disrespects his hair ('keshas') is called ..... A) Patit. B) Tankhaiya. C) Bandi. D) Non-Sikh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patit. 36. Where did the INC meet for the first time? A) Bombay. B) Madras. C) Calcutta. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 37. Name 'Nitnem Bani's.....? A) Japuji, chant, aarti, rahras and sohila. B) Japuji, Jap, Saviyaye, Rahras and Sohila. C) Japuji, Japa, Saviyaye, Rahraas and Aarti. D) Japuji, Aarti, Saviyaye, Rahras and Sohila. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japuji, Jap, Saviyaye, Rahras and Sohila. 38. Madhubani Paintings are associated with which state A) Rajastan. B) Bihar. C) Gujarat. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 39. Which of the following temples is considered the earliest monument of Khajuraho? A) Chausath Yogini temple. B) Parswanath temple. C) Lakshman temple. D) Brahma temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chausath Yogini temple. 40. Consider the following statements about Arya Samaj A) It repudiated caste system and the fourfold Varna division. B) It started a Shudhi movement to reconvert people to Hinduism. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It started a Shudhi movement to reconvert people to Hinduism. 41. Who said "God knows man's virtues and inquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste? " A) Kabir. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Guru Hari Krishan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabir. 42. Who presented the bow "Gandiva" to Arjuna? A) Indra. B) Agni. C) Vayu. D) Varuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varuna. 43. When was Guru Nanak Dev born? A) 1556. B) 1269. C) 1469. D) 1369. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1469. 44. What is the title of the section? A) Indian Nationalists and Colonial Indian Culture. B) Indian Nationalists and Colonial British Rule. C) Indian Nationalists and the Great Rebellion. D) Indian Nationalism and the Colonial Indias Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Nationalists and Colonial Indian Culture. 45. An ancient cave containing a mural of 55 panels on the life of Buddha has been recently discovered at A) Sanchi. B) Bodh Gaya. C) Lhasa. D) Mustang (Nepal). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustang (Nepal). 46. According to Ramayana who was Lakshmana's mother? A) Kaikeyi. B) Kausalya. C) Sumitra. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sumitra. 47. The famous Salabhanjikamurti from Gyaraspur is displayed in the museum of A) Gwalior. B) Bhopal. C) Ujjain. D) Vidisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gwalior. 48. By which districts tribe is the 'Shera Dance' done in Uttar Pradesh? A) Lalitpur. B) Allahabad. C) Varanasi. D) Gorakhpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lalitpur. 49. Where is Pushkar Fair held? A) Jodhpur. B) Ajmer. C) Udaipur. D) Jaisalmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ajmer. 50. Guru Amar Das Ji founded which city? A) Delhi. B) Kiratpur Sahib. C) Goindwal Sahib. D) Amritsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goindwal Sahib. 51. Kathak and bharatanatyam are A) Generals. B) Rulers of the Gupta Empire. C) Mythological Indian heroes. D) Classical Indian dance forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical Indian dance forms. 52. What two religious groups made up the INC? A) Hindus and Muslims. B) Islam and Hindu. C) Hindu and Christians. D) Islam and Christians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindus and Muslims. 53. World's largest religion (population wise) is ..... A) Hindu. B) Muslim. C) Buddhists. D) Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christian. 54. Which of the following Orissan temples has a khakhara type of Sikhara? A) JagannathTemple. B) RajaraniTemple. C) VaitaladeulTemple. D) LingarajaTemple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VaitaladeulTemple. 55. The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to which hindu god? A) Krishna. B) Shiva. C) Hanuman. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiva. 56. Which of the following temples has a Sikhara of the Dravidian style? A) Chitragupta temple, Khajuraho. B) Draupadi Rath, Mamallapuram. C) Rajarani temple, Odisha. D) Teli Ka Mandir,Gwalior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teli Ka Mandir,Gwalior. 57. Who were the male guardians of the air, forests and mountains? A) Sadhyas. B) Rhibus. C) Nakshatras. D) Gandharvas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gandharvas. 58. Which one was a prominent centre of sculptural art during the Gupta period? A) Amaravati. B) Mathura. C) Sanchi. D) Gandhara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathura. 59. Elephanta Caves are predominantly attributed to which Hindu God? A) Lord Vishnu. B) Lord Krishna. C) Lord Shiva. D) Lord Brahma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Shiva. 60. Which one of the following festivals is not celebrated almost simultaneously in the month of January each year? A) Makar Sankranti. B) Pongal. C) Lohri. D) Gudi Padwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gudi Padwa. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian Culture Quiz 1Indian Culture Quiz 2Indian Culture Quiz 4Indian Culture Quiz 5Indian Culture Quiz 6Indian Culture Quiz 7Indian Culture Quiz 8Indian Culture Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books