Deck 5: Indian History and Culture

Question 1

In which battle was Siraj-ud-Daulah defeated by Lord Clive?

A)Battle of Plassey
B)Battle of Buxer
C)Battle of Panipat
D)Battle of Haldighati

Answer 1

Battle of Plassey

Question 2

The national motto of India Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the emblem of India is taken from

A)Katha Upanishad
B)Caandogya Upanishad
C)Aitareya Upanishad
D)Mundaka Upanishad

Answer 2

Mundaka Upanishad

Question 3

Who built 'Sabarmati Ashram'?

A)Guru Ramdas
B)Shah Jahan
C)Rao Jodhaji
D)Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 3

Mahatma Gandhi

Question 4

Who amongst the following was the successor of Sikh Guru Har Krishan?

A)Guru Angad Dev
B)Guru Tegh Bahadur
C)Guru Hargobind
D)Guru Amar Das

Question 5

Who started the Swaraj movement?

A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Kasturba
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 6

Atal Bihari Vajapayee, had been a Prime Minister for -

A)One time
B)Two times
C)Three times
D)Four times

Question 7

Pulitzer Prize was established in

A)1762
B)1883
C)1917
D)1965

Question 8

Who designed the National Flag of Independent India?

A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Pingali Venkayya

Question 9

The Tirthankaras are related to -

A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism

Question 10

Whose Samadhi (place of cremation) in Delhi is called Raj Ghat?

A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Lal Bahadur Shasthri
D)Indira Gandhi

Question 11

Naya Paisa was introduced in India in, was renamed 'Paisa' in 1964.

A)1957
B)1960
C)1962
D)1959

Question 12

Buddha was belonged to which one of the following Mahajanapadas?

A)Lichchavi
B)Ujjain
C)Vajji
D)Kosala

Question 13

The_________architecture mainly consists Chaityas, Viharas, Stupas and Stambhas.

A)Maurya
B)Buddhist
C)Hindu
D)Mughal

Question 14

Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?

A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Assam
C)Rajasthan
D)Gujarat