Indian Culture MCQs

1. Castle Naggar heritage site is located in __:
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Odisha
[D] Haryana

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2. The festival Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is commemorates which among the following important event of Sikh History?
[A] Establishment of Akal Takht
[B] Establishment of Khalasa Panth
[C] Establishment of Guru Granth Sahib as permanent guru of Sikhs
[D] Foundation of Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar

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3. Which among the following is the main feature of Dravida Style of Temple architecture?
[A] Gopuram
[B] Garbha Griha
[C] Vimana & Shikhara
[D] Manastambha

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4. Who was the first individual of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church?
[A] Mother Teresa
[B] Saint Alphonsa
[C] Saint Paulina
[D] Gemma Galgani

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5. Who among the following was the poets composed Sur Sagar?
[A] Surdas
[B] Mira Bai
[C] Jagjivan Das
[D] Kabir Das

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6. Who among the following was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
[A] Surdas
[B] Dhanna
[C] Raidas
[D] Kabir Das

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7. Who among the following said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God” ?
[A] Radhakrishnan
[B] MK Gandhi
[C] Rabindra Nath Tagore
[D] Swamy Vivekananda

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8. Kathak is classical dance of which of the following region?
[A] Jharkhand
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Kerala
[D] North India

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9. In which Indian city, would you find the mosque with “Shaking Minarets”?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] Ahmedabad
[C] Lucknow
[D] Allahabad

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10. Who among the following is associated with a film on Mahatma Gandhi? (UPSC Prelims 1982)
[A] Richard Attenborough
[B] Satyajit Ray
[C] George Baker
[D] None of these

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