Indian Culture MCQs

1. The Sangai Festival is organized in __:
[A] Assam
[B] Manipur
[C] Bihar
[D] Nagaland

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2. Which among the following religion is related to Dilwara temples at Mount Abu ?
[A] Vaishnav sect of Hindus
[B] Shaiv Sect of Hindus
[C] Jainism
[D] Buddhism

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3. Which among the following is not correctly matched pair? (Countries – National Game )
[A] USA – Baseball
[B] Pakistan – Field Hockey
[C] China – Table Tennis
[D] All are correct

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4. ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ festival is a festival of which the communities in North Eastern India?
[A] Tai-Ahom
[B] Deori Tribe
[C] Garo
[D] Khasi

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5. The Phad painting is a religious scroll painting practiced in which state of India?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Odisha
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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6. The Badami-Chalukyan temples are example of _?
[A] Nagara architecture
[B] Vesara architecture
[C] Dravidian architecture
[D] Panchayatana architecture

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7. Which foreign influence is seen in the rock cut architecture of India?
[A] Arabic
[B] Persian
[C] Greek
[D] Indo-European

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8. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian Festival of NAUROJ in India? (UPSC Prelims 1993)
[A] Balban
[B] Iltutmish
[C] Firuz Tughlaq
[D] Ala-ud-din Khilji

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9. Which one of the following can be classified as a “Pratiloma Marriage”? (UPSC Prelims 1995)
[A] A Brahmin girl marrying a Sudra boy
[B] A Sudra girl marrying a Brahmin boy
[C] A Brahmin girl marrying a Brahminboy
[D] None of these

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10. Who wrote the book Panchtantra?
[A] Kalidas
[B] Vishnu Sharma
[C] Tulsidas
[D] Prem Chand

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