Quiz on “Art & Culture Questions General Knowledge – 2” giving you an idea about questions asked on Art & Culture in competitive exams.
Who was well-known patron of the Mahayana of Buddhism?
A. Dharmapranja
B. Gunavana
C. Vajraketu
D. Kanishka
Kanishka
Kanishka I, or Kanishka the Great, an emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century, is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements.
Que (27):
How is Manimekalai is looked?
A. Shaivaite
B. Vaishnavaite
C. Ellalan
D. As the Odyssey of Tamil
As the Odyssey of Tamil
Manimekhalai or Manimekalai, is a Tamil epic composed by Kulavāṇikaṉ Cittalaic Cātaṉār probably around the 6th-century. It is an “anti-love story”, a sequel to the “love story” in the earliest Tamil epic Silappadikaram
Que (28):
To which work is Devichandraguptam related?
A. Samudragupta
B. Vishnugupta
C. Chandragupta
D. Chandra Gupta II
Chandra Gupta II
Devichandraguptam. Devi-Chandraguptam (IAST: Devīcandraguptam) or Devi-Chandragupta is an Indian Sanskrit-language political drama attributed to Vishakhadeva, who is generally identified with Vishakhadatta.
Que (29):
Who was a lexicographer?
A. Boswell
B. Amarslrnha
C. Niel Bohr
D. Rachel Carson
Amarslrnha
Lexicography is divided into two separate but equally important groups: Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
Que (30):
By whom was the ‘Shahnama’ written?
A. Kabir
B. Khaled Hosseini
C. Kan chun
D. Firdausi
Firdausi
The Shahnameh (Persian: شاهنامه, romanized: Šâhnâme pronounced [ʃɒːhnɒːˈme]; lit. ‘The Book of Kings’) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
Que (31):
In which region of India was the Suharawadi order of Sufism popular?
A. Punjab and Sindh
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Bengal and Bihar
D. Central Provinces
Bihar and Bengal
The Madariyya are members of a Sufi order (tariqa) popular in North India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the Mewat region, Bihar and Bengal, as well as in Nepal and Bangladesh.
Que (32):
By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised?
A. Swami Dayanand
B. Swami Virijanand
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Ramananda
Ramananda
Ramananda occupies a pivotal position in the Bhakti Movement of Medieval India. He was a Vaishnava saint. … The religious reforms were brought back to North India by Ramananda.
Que (33):
Who was known as ‘Lady with Lamp’?
A. Mother Teresa
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. None of them
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale Biography. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing figure in nursing who greatly affected 19th- and 20th-century policies around proper medical care.
Que (34):
Which saint name is associated with Shivaji ?
A. Tukaram
B. Vivekanand
C. Rama Krishna Param Hamsa
D. Ram Das
Tukaram
The spiritual saint of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj is Saint Tukaram Maharaj, he was revolutionary and great saint at that era of Shivaji Maharaj.
Que (35):
During the Indian Freedom struggle, who started a journal “The Indian Sociologist” ?
A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Taraknath Das
C. Sucheta Kriplani
D. Shyamji Krishna Varma
Shyamji Krishna Varma
The Indian Sociologist was an Indian nationalist journal in the early 20th century. Its subtitle was An Organ of Freedom, and Political, Social, and Religious Reform. The journal was edited by Shyamji Krishnavarma from 1905 to 1914, then between 1920 and 1922.
Que (36):
Who started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
A. nan
B. nan
C. nan
D. nan
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Shom Prakash was started by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1859 under the editorship of Dwarakanath Vidyabhushan. It was a weekly paper coming from the Sanskrit Press.
Que (37):
Which inscription mentions Pulkesin II’s military success against Harshavardhana?
A. Ashokan Inscriptions
B. Mahrauli Inscription
C. Nanaghat Inscription
D. Aihole Inscription
Aihole Inscription
The Aihole inscription was written by the Ravikirti, royal poet at the court of Chalukya King, Pulakeshi II who reigned from 610 to 642 CE.
Que (38):
Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in whose book?
A. Arthashastra
B. Brahmana
C. Bijaganta
D. Vishakhadatta
Vishakhdatta
Vishakhadatta was an Indian Sanskrit poet and playwright. Although Vishakhadatta furnishes the names of his father and grandfather as Maharaja Bhaskaradatta and Maharaja Vateshvaradatta in his political drama Mudrārākṣasa, we know little else about him.
Que (39):
What is the name of the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
A. Mongloid
B. Indo-Aryan
C. Negroid
D. Caucasoid
Indo-Aryan
lndo-Aryan group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India. There are about 219 known Indo-Aryan languages.
Que (40):
Which was the first metal used by man?
A. Gold
B. Silver
C. Iron
D. Copper
Copper
Copper is one of those metals that man started using very early. As a matter of fact, copper was the first metal that man discovered in 9000 BCE. The other metals used in pre-historic times were gold, silver, tin, lead, and iron.
Que (41):
On which thing did the Buddhism and Jainism both give stress?
A. Ahimsa
B. Salvation
C. Non-violence
D. Self-healing
Non-violence
Nonviolence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and refers to a general philosophy of abstention from violence.
Que (42):
To whom the Sarnath’s Lion Capital attributed?
A. Chandragupta
B. Chanakya
C. Ashoka
D. Raja Raja chola
Ashoka
It was originally placed on the top of the Ashoka pillar at the important Buddhist site of Sarnath by the Emperor Ashoka, in about 250 BCE. The pillar, sometimes called the Aśoka Column, is still in its original location, but the Lion Capital is now in the Sarnath Museum, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Que (43):
Which silver coins Issued by the Guptas?
A. Rupees
B. Paisa
C. Rupayaka
D. nan
Rupayaka
nan
Que (44):
By whom was the rare work on architecture, Samarangana Sutradhara written?
A. Balakrishna Doshi
B. Masanobu Fukuoka
C. Bhoja Paramara
D. None of these
Bhoja Paramara
Samarangana Sutradhara is an encyclopedic work on classical Indian architecture (Vastu Shastra) written by Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar
Que (45):
Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’ ?
A. Gengis Khan
B. Babur
C. Bahadur Shah Zafar
D. Balban
Balban
Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287) was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’. He started Sijda (prostration) and Paibos as the normal form of Salutation of the king.
Que (46):
Which Sultan of Delhi imposed Jazfya on the Brahmins also ?
A. Khilji
B. Akhbar
C. Firoz Tughlaq
D. Shah Jahan
Firoz Tughlaq
Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351-88) supposedly the ‘kindest’ of the Delhi sultans was a zealous Muslim bigot who imposed Jizya upon the Brahmins and made it a separate tax. Jizya was levied on Hindus on the ground that it was not mentioned in Sharia.
Que (47):
Which were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of Tamil poets?
A. Ammoovanār
B. Ammallanār
C. Anjitathai
D. Pandya
Pandya
nan
Que (48):
Geeta Chandran is well known by which name?
A. Kathak dancer
B. Kathakali dancer
C. Classical folk
D. Bharatnatyam dancer
Bharatnatyam dancer
Geeta Chandran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist.
Que (49):
Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period?
A. Agni
B. Vayu
C. Garuda
D. Varuna
Varuna
God Varuna lost his importance as the first deity during the later vedic period.
Que (50):
Which is the most important divinity of Rigveda?
A. Vayu
B. Vishnu
C. Agni
D. Varuna
Agni
The most important divinity in the Rig Veda is a. Agni.
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