Indian Culture MCQs

1. Thumri Singer Girija Devi belongs to which among the following Gharanas?
[A] Banaras Gharana
[B] Agra Gharana
[C] Kirana Gharana
[D] Lucknow Gharana

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2. Ramman is a religious festival and ritual theatre of ____?
[A] Uttarkhand
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] West Bengal
[D] Madhya Pradesh

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3. Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether (sky) these are the panchtatvas (5 elements) and when they combine they give rise to new objects. This is a principle of which of the Vedic philosophies?
[A] Sankhya
[B] Yoga
[C] Vaisheshika
[D] Advita

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4. Who among the following Indian painters was elected as Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris in 1933?
[A] Asit Kumar Haldar
[B] M F Hussain
[C] Amrita Shergill
[D] K Mazumdar

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5. Nirmal Hridaya is located in:
[A] Bangalore
[B] Chennai
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Kolkata

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6. Who among the following poet/poetess is well known for his work ‘Brahmarakshas’?
[A] Harishankar Parsai
[B] Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
[C] Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
[D] Nida Fazli

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7. Which among the following was the main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy ?
[A] The doctrine of rebirth
[B] The doctrine of Syadvada
[C] The doctrine of immortality of soul
[D] The doctrine of Brahma is nirguna

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8. Who among the following wrote the national song of India?
[A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] Lord Mountbatten
[D] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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9. Polo originated in which of the following Indian states?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Meghalaya
[C] Manipur
[D] West Bengal

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10. Which of the following statements is correct for Guru Nanak? (UPSC Prelims 1982)
[A] He preached punishment for wicked
[B] He preached against Muslims
[C] He preached a war society
[D] He preached that “God is one”

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