Indian Culture MCQs

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To pay a befitting tribute to the man of letters, Nobel Laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, on his 150th birth anniversary, the Government of India has set up a ‘Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization’ (TCSCC) at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. The objectives of the Centre include: to encourage the study of Tagore’s work; support translations of Tagore’s work into other Indian languages; promote comparative study of his work with poets, artists and writers in other parts of India and the world; study the elements of his Humanist philosophy and his cosmopolitanism; and explore his concerns regarding the relationship between science and society.

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Rashtrakuta king, krishna-1 had built the kailash temple of ellora. It is considered as the wonder of rock-out architecture. Kailasanath Temple is a famous temple, one of the 34 monasteries and temples, known collectively as the Ellora Caves, extending over more than 2 km, that were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India.

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Ramanuja was an Indian theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.

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The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, also known as the “Vailankanni Shrine,” is a famous Catholic pilgrimage site located in Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is renowned for its healing miracles and religious significance.

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Jibanananda Das was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist and was popularly known as Rupashi Banglar Kabi. He was most read poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

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The Indian peacock or Pavo cristatus was declared the national bird of India in 1963. It was made the national bird because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions.

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Ghode Modni (‘Ghode’ means ‘horse’ and ‘Modni’ means ‘gyrations and dance-like movements’) is literally a dance involving horse-like movements. It is a warrior-dance, which commemorates the victory of the Ranes, the Maratha rulers over the Portuguese.The dance is a famous folk dance from of the Goa state.

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Mahatma Gandhi has said that the truth is the ultimate reality and it is God. Gandhi’s conception of truth has obviously not the common meaning attributed to it for there were divine and philosophical dimensions to it.

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The new 50 rupees banknote from India is in a bright turquoise colour. On the obverse side of the Rs.50 note is a portrait of Mahatmi Gandhi, India’s independence movement leader. On the reverse side of the ₹50 bill is an image of the stone chariot in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi.

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• Amaranth cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The cave is situated at an altitude of 3,888 m.
• A rock cut temple is carved from a large rock and excavated and cut to imitate a wooden or masonry temple with wall decorations and works of art. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolith Indian rock cut architecture dating from the late 7th century located at Mahabalipuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad.
• Bahubali a much revered figure among Jains was the son of Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata Chakravartin.