Arts and Culture - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Alberuni
B)
Amir Khusrau
C)
Al’bidari
D)
Al’Masher

Correct Answer :   Alberuni

A)
Maulana Sharafuddin Ali Yazid
B)
Amir Timur
C)
Ibn batutta
D)
Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami

Correct Answer :   Ibn batutta

Ibn batutta was an Arab traveler and adventure frm Morocoo. His book is a primary source of history of the region of Muhmmad bin Tughluq it throws ligh on the socio-political condition of his times.

A)
Dashavatara temple at Deogarh
B)
Temple at Pathari
C)
Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar
D)
Lakshmana temple at Sirpur

Correct Answer :   Dashavatara temple at Deogarh

A)
Murugan
B)
Nataraja
C)
Venkateshwar
D)
Vishunu

Correct Answer :   Nataraja

A)
Shikara
B)
Gopura
C)
Vimana
D)
Mandapa

Correct Answer :   Vimana

Vimana is a term for the tower above the Garbhagriha or Sanctum sanctorum in a Hindu temple in Dravidian style.

A)
Ptolemy
B)
Nero
C)
Strabo
D)
Pliny

Correct Answer :   Pliny

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.

A)
Cholas
B)
Chalukyas of Kalyani
C)
Pallavas
D)
Pandyas

Correct Answer :   Pallavas

A)
Pattupattu
B)
Ettutogai
C)
Silappadikaram
D)
Tolkappiam

Correct Answer :   Tolkappiam

A)
Rigveda
B)
Samaveda
C)
Yajurveda
D)
Atharvaveda

Correct Answer :   Yajurveda

Adhyayas of Yajur Veda, made up partly of verses and partly of prose, contain a number of prayers and sacrificial formulae. Extensive details for carrying out different sacrifices are given in the chapters of the Yajur Veda.

A)
10th
B)
11th
C)
12th
D)
13th

Correct Answer :   12th