Indian Culture Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. World's largest religion (population wise) is .....

Correct Answer: C) Christian.

2. Which of the following Orissan temples has a khakhara type of Sikhara?

Correct Answer: A) VaitaladeulTemple.

3. The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to which hindu god?

Correct Answer: C) Shiva.

4. Which of the following temples has a Sikhara of the Dravidian style?

Correct Answer: D) Teli Ka Mandir,Gwalior.

5. Who were the male guardians of the air, forests and mountains?

Correct Answer: D) Gandharvas.

6. 'Chauth' was

Correct Answer: A) Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighboring states.

7. Which one was a prominent centre of sculptural art during the Gupta period?

Correct Answer: B) Mathura.

8. Elephanta Caves are predominantly attributed to which Hindu God?

Correct Answer: C) Lord Shiva.

9. Which one of the following festivals is not celebrated almost simultaneously in the month of January each year?

Correct Answer: B) Gudi Padwa.

10. The film star who has acted in maximum number of films is

Correct Answer: C) Manorama.

11. Apart from India, in which of the following two countries, Tamil is an official language?

Correct Answer: C) Sri Lanka and Mauritius.

12. Which of the following is the exclusive material dance form?

Correct Answer: B) Thang Ta.

13. The founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev was born in

Correct Answer: A) 1496.

14. Traditional customs, beliefs, and stories

Correct Answer: B) Folklore.

15. Which festival is celebrated on the first day of Chetra, after Holi festival?

Correct Answer: B) Gogaji.

16. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Rajasthan?

Correct Answer: D) Suisini.

17. Mohandas Gandhi practiced what to begin a movement for Indian independence?

Correct Answer: A) Nonviolent resistance.

18. Who abolished the 'Iqta' system?

Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khilji.

19. Which of the following is the most prevalent folk dance of Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: A) Nautanki.

20. Which one of the following pairs does not form part of the six systems of Indian Philosophy?

Correct Answer: C) Lokayata and Kapalika.