This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Overview > Indian Culture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Culture Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following temples Natya Mandap and Bhog Mandap are the architectural parts? A) Chandella temple. B) Chola temple. C) Parmar temple. D) Pratihar temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chola temple. 2. A relative who lived in the past A) Ancestor. B) Custom. C) Tradition. D) Maintain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancestor. 3. The city of Shah Jahanabad founded by Emperor Shah Jahan was not consisted of A) Lal Qila. B) Jama Masjid. C) Din Panah. D) Chandni Chowk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Din Panah. 4. Bhagavata Mela, a folk form of performing arts is native to A) Assam. B) Gujarat. C) Karnataka. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnataka. 5. In which Indian sculptural art have emerged the scenes from the Ramayana for the first time? A) Nachna - Kuthara. B) Eran. C) Osian. D) Khajuraho. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nachna - Kuthara. 6. Who was the Architect of Victoria Memorial, Calcutta (Kolkata)? A) Vincent J. Esch. B) Sir William Emerson. C) William Berges. D) Hodgeson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir William Emerson. 7. Pongal is famous festival of A) Karnataka. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Kerala. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamil Nadu. 8. When a Buddhist individual reaches enlightenment, it is said that they reach a certain state that can be literally translated as 'snuffing out'. What is this state? A) Cogito, ergo sum. B) Texas. C) Confusion. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 9. A childless widow who could cohabit with her brother-in-law until the birth of a son. This practice was known as A) Levirate. B) Nantru. C) Niyoga. D) Sororate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niyoga. 10. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Sikh scripture called the Adigranth? A) Guru Govind Singh. B) Guru Ramdas. C) Guru Arjun Singh. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru Arjun Singh. 11. Which of the following is an ancient Indian work relating to prayer and sacrificial ceremony? A) Vajasaneyi Samhita. B) Amarakosa. C) Brahamanas. D) Aranyakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahamanas. 12. The "Kumbha Mela" is held once in A) 5 years. B) 10 years. C) 12 years. D) 15 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 years. 13. Who Wrote The Panchatantra A) Kalidas. B) Vishnu Sharma. C) Thulsi Das. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vishnu Sharma. 14. The correct name of the mosque built at Mehrauli is A) Qubbat-ul Islam. B) Quwwat-ul Islam. C) Nurul-ul Islam. D) Qamar-ul Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qubbat-ul Islam. 15. Who among the following Arab scholars studied Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi? A) Amir Khusrau. B) Alberuni. C) Al'Masher. D) Al'bidari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alberuni. 16. In what year did Mohandas Ghandi return to India from South Africa? A) 1914. B) 1885. C) 1869. D) 1893. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1914. 17. Natraj bronze images were cast during the period of A) Chandellas. B) Cholas. C) Pallavas. D) Rashtrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cholas. 18. In which dance form are the themes called from the Ramayana and Mahabharata? A) Kathak. B) Kuchipudi. C) Bharatanatyam. D) Odissi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kuchipudi. 19. Which of the following is an Indian classical dance form? A) Bhangra. B) Kuchipudi. C) Garba. D) Chhau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kuchipudi. 20. Which of the following are the characteristics of the Advaita Philosophy of Shankara? A) Brahman an ultimate reality. B) All mistakes due to ignorance. C) Two levels of realities - conventional reality and absolute reality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesIndian Culture Quiz 2Indian Culture Quiz 3Indian Culture Quiz 4Indian Culture Quiz 5Indian Culture Quiz 6Indian Culture Quiz 7Indian Culture Quiz 8Indian Culture Quiz 9Indian Culture Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books