Indian Culture MCQs

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Sayana was an important commentator on the Vedas. His commentary on the Rigveda was edited by Max Müller, 1849-1875.He flourished under the king Bukka I and his successor Harihara II in the Vijayanagar Empire.

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The lamentation of the Roman writer Pliny in the 1st century A.D refers to heavy drain of Gold from Roman into India in payment of her imports from India. He writes that the drain of Gold is in return for unproductive luxuries. The Roman gold and silver were steadily drained into South India in exchange not only for spices, but also muslin, silk and other costly luxuries.

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Varkari Sect is founded by saint Tukaram. It is a vasihnavite tradition. It is geographically associated with Maharashtra.

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Nyāya is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hinduism.The school’s most significant contributions to Indian philosophy was systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.

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The headquarters of the National Film Archive of India is located in Pune, Maharashtra. The main duty of the archive is to trace, acquire and preserve for posterity the heritage of Indian cinema. It was established in 1964 pursuant to the recommendations of the Indian government’s Film Inquiry Committee of 1951. The archive is the largest film library in India, storing more than 12,000 feature films and 16,000 short films.

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Fujii was greatly inspired by his meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence.

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Ramkinkar Baij was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. He is a noted scholar on Indian scriptures and a recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1999.

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The song is called “Jana gana mana…”. Only the first stanza (out of the five stanzas) forms the National Anthem; its playing time is 52 seconds. It was first sung on 27 December, 1911. It waswritten by Rabindranath Tagore.

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The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the holiest city of Muslims. It is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can support their family during their absence.

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A recipient of the Nobel Prize  for literature, Rabindranath Tagore was born in an affluent Bengali family. Tagore’s journey as a painter began in his late sixties as an extension of his poetic consciousness.