Art and Culture of India – In today’s class we are going to discuss about some Indian Culture GK Questions Answers. Here we will cover topics related to Indian culture and religion like holy textbooks, writers, poets, temples, Hindu deity, Kumbh mela, Mahabharata, Largest religious community, Largest tribes, Worship, Youngest religion, Inscription, etc.
Art and Culture of India GK Questions with Answers
Q. What is the place of worship for Parsis is called?
Ans. Agiyari or The Fire temple
Q. The Holy book of Christianity is?
Ans. The Holy Bible
Q. The Great Stupa is located at?
Ans. Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
Q. ‘Kumarasambhava’ was written by?
Ans. Kalidas
> Its an epic kavya poem in classical Sanskrit
> Kumarasambhava means Birth of Kumara
Q. Who was Adi Sankaracharya and where was he born?
Ans. He was an Indian vedic scholar and teacher. He was born in Kalady, Kerala.
Q. Brahma is considered as the God of?
Ans. Creator
Q. Gaya a pilgrimage place for hindus is situated in?
Ans. Bihar
Q. Where is Meenakshi temple located?
Ans. Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Q. Badrinath is located at?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
Q. Which is the largest religious community of India?
a) Hindus
b) Muslims
c) Christians
d) Sikhs
Ans. a
Indian Culture GK Questions Answers
Q. Who among the following deities is represented in art as holding the plough?
(A) Krishna
(B) Balarama
(C) Kartikeya
(D) Maitreya
Answer – (B)
Q. The earliest archival evidence related to Bhagavat Religion is?
(A) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
(C) Bhitri’s inscription of Skanda Gupta
(D) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription
Answer – (B)
Q. The Besanagar inscription of Heliodorus is associated with?
(A) Sankarshan and Vasudeva
(B) Sankarshan and Pradyumna
(C) Sankarshan, Pradyumna and Vasudeva
(D) Only Vasudeva
Answer – (D)
Q. Heliodorus of ‘Besanagar inscription’ was a resident of?
(A) Pushkalavati
(B) Takshila (Taxila)
(C) Sakala
(D) Mathura
Answer – (B)
Q. The ancient place where the narration of entire Mahabharata was read in the conference of 60,000 hermits?
(A) Ahichhatra
(B) Hastinapur
(C) Kampilya
(D) Naimisharanya
Answer – (D)
Q. Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on which of the following river bank?
(A) Tapti River
(B) Narmada River
(C) Koyna River
(D) Godavari River
Answer – (D)
Q. The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
(A) Lord Rama
(B) Lord Vishnu
(C) Lord Jagannath
(D) Lord Shiva
Answer – (C)
Q. Which is the largest minority community in India?
a) Christians
b) Hindus
c) Muslims
d) Sikhs
Ans. c
Q. Which is the largest tribe in India?
a) Gond
b) Bhils
c) Santhal
d) Munda
Ans. a
Q. Which is the smallest scheduled caste community in India?
a) Barwala
b) Chura
c) Gardi
d) Watal
Ans. d
Art & Culture of India GK Questions Answers
Q. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna?
(A) Bhagavatas
(B) Vedic Aryans
(C) Tamilians
(D) Abhirs
Answer – (A)
Q. Which of the following epic has primarily mentioned Krishna, son of Devaki?
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Ashtadhyayi
(D) Bhagavata Purana
Answer – (B)
Q. The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagavata cult is?
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
Answer – (C)
Q. Which is the youngest religion?
a) Christianity
b) Hinduism
c) Buddhism
d) Sikhism
Ans. d
Q. In context of Indian culture who among the following is called Ananga?
(A) Shiva
(B) Krishna
(C) Kamadev
(D) Laxman
Answer – (C)
Q. Who were Nayanars?
(A) Shaiva
(B) Shakta
(C) Vaishnava
(D) Suryopasaka
Answer – (A)
Q. Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half Shiva and half Parvati, represents?
(A) Union of male and female
(B) Union of God and Goddess
(C) Union of God with his Shakti
(D) None of the above
Answer – (C)
Q. Which one of the following was a Shaiva sect in ancient India?
(A) Ajivika
(B) Mattamayura
(C) Mayamata
(D) Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati
Answer – (B)
Art and Culture of India GK
Q. The earliest known epigraphic evidence of Bhagvatism is?
(A) Prayaga Prashasti of Samudra Gupta
(B) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balshri
(C) Garuda column at Besnagar
(D) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva
Answer – (C)
Q. Which one of the following is the distinctive features of a nastika and astika system in India?
(A) Belief in the existence of God
(B) Belief in the doctrine of rebirth
(C) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas
(D) Belief in the existence of heaven and hell
Answer – (C)
Q. Which incarnation of Vishnu is depicted as saving the Earth from the Sea?
(A) Kachhapa
(B) Matsya
(C) Varaha
(D) Narsingh
Answer – (C)
Q. According to ancient Indian cosmogonic ideas, the sequential order of the cycle of four epochs (yugas) is?
(A) Dvapara, Krita, Treta and Kali
(B) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali
(C) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali
(D) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita
Answer – (C)
Q. Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’?
(A) Poigai
(B) Tirugyan
(C) Pudam
(D) Thirumangai
Answer – (B)
Q. Who were the ‘Nayanars’?
(A) Vaishnavites
(B) Shaivites
(C) Shaktas
(D) Sun worshippers
Answer – (B)
Q. The originator of Bhagavata Religion was?
(A) Janak
(B) Krishna
(C) Yagyavalkya
(D) Surdas
Answer – (B)
Q. Who contributes the most in the development of Bhagavata cult?
(A) Persian
(B) Indo-Greek people
(C) Kushan
(D) Gupta
Answer – (D)
Q. Which one of the following is not included in ‘Prasthan trayi’?
(A) Bhagavata
(B) Bhagavad Gita
(C) Brahma Sutra
(D) Upanishad
Answer – (A)
Q. Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation?
(A) Advaita Vedanta
(B) Vishistadvaitvad Vedanta
(C) Bhagavad Gita
(D) Mimamsa
Answer – (C)
Q. Which Kand of Ramayana describes the first meeting of Rama and Hanumana?
(A) Kishkindha Kand
(B) Sunder Kand
(C) Bal Kand
(D) None of the above
Answer – (A)
