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Indian Heritage & Culture

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indus Valley Civilization, more precisely known as Harappan Civilization. It flourished around:

a)

1500 BC

b)

2500 BC

c)

500 BC

d)

1000 BC

2.

The Vedic Civilization flourished along the river __________

a)

Yamuna

b)

Ganga

c)

Saraswati

d)

Brahmputra

3.

The ________period has been described as the Golden Age of Indian history.

a)

Gupta

b)

Maurya

c)

Mughal

d)

British

4.

In ______ Harshavardhana invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan, which was then ruled by Pulakesin II.

a)

620 A.D.

b)

650 A.D.

c)

500 A.D.

d)

700 A.D.

5.

The Chalukyas were a great power in India between 6th and 8th century A.D.

a)

Northern

b)

Western

c)

Eastern

d)

Southern

6.

The last ruler of this dynasty was _____________ under whose reign the Muslims invaded Bengal, and the empire fell.

a)

Lakshamanasena

b)

Samantasena

c)

Vijaysena

d)

Ballalasena

7.

The first important ruler to emerge from The Chola Empire of the South was

a)

Rajaraja Chola I

b)

Rajendra I

c)

Rajadhiraj

d)

None

8.

___________, the ferocious leader, led a series of raids against Rajput kingdoms and rich Hindu temples, and established a base in Punjab for future incursions.

a)

Timur or Tamerlane

b)

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni

c)

Prophet Muhammad

d)

Umayyad caliph

9.

Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Dev at the beginning of the ________ century

a)

Fourteenth

b)

Fifteenth

c)

Sixteenth

d)

Seventeenth

10.

____________ of Iran sacked Delhi in 1739 and exposed the fragility of the power of Mughals

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Nadirshah

c)

Aurangazeb

d)

None

11.

Battle of Plassey occurred in

a)

1740

b)

1757

c)

1857

d)

1800

12.

The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to _______________

a)

December 1921

b)

February 1922

c)

March 1923

d)

August 1920

13.

Quit India movement was started in ________ by Gandhiji.

a)

1940

b)

1941

c)

1942

d)

1943

14.

The Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on

a)

26th November 1949

b)

26th January 1950

c)

26th December 1949

d)

26th January 1951

15.

Jalianwala Bagh massacre occurred on

a)

April 13, 1919

b)

January 20,1920

c)

March 18, 1918

d)

February 12, 1921

16.

Mahatma Gandhi led the Civil Disobedience Movement that was launched in the Congress Session of December _________

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1932

d)

1935

17.

The royal city at Fatehpur Sikri, situated 26 miles west of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was built under the orders of the great Mughal Emperor _______.

a)

Akbar

b)

Babar

c)

Shahjahan

d)

Aurangazeb

18.

The Sheesh Mahal or the 'Palace of Mirrors' in ___________ was built by Maharaja Narinder Singh (1845-1862) behind the main Moti Bagh Palace.

a)

Patiala (Punjab)

b)

Amritsar (Punjab)

c)

Jaipur (Rajasthan)

d)

Udaipur (Rajasthan)

19.

The Charminar is a massive arch built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah, in ___________ to commemorate the end of the plague in the city.

a)

1490

b)

1610

c)

1591

d)

1700

20.

__________ is home to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, which is dedicated to Lord Shiva.

a)

Gaya

b)

Varanasi

c)

Aayodhaya

d)

Mathura

21.

Jaisalmer Fort was built in _______ and is the second oldest in the state of Rajasthan.

a)

1156

b)

1235

c)

1350

d)

900

22.

Radio Broadcasting started in India in the early_____.

a)

1910's

b)

1920's

c)

1930's

d)

1940's

23.

__________ is invoked in his human incarnation as Krishna on his birth anniversary in the festival of Janmashtami.

a)

Lord Shiva

b)

Lord Vishnu

c)

Lord Bhrahma

d)

Lord Indra

24.

Diwali commemorates Lord Rama's return to his kingdom Ayodhya after completing his ___-year exile.

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

20

25.

The Government of India established Lalit Kala Akademi (National Akademi of Arts) at New Delhi in ____

a)

1950

b)

1954

c)

1960

d)

1962

26.

Kisan Diwas commemorates the birth anniversary of the ___________

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Chaudhary Charan Singh

c)

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

d)

Indira Gandhi

27.

___________ is recognised as the "founding father of the Republic of India".

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

c)

Vallabhbhai Patel

d)

None

28.

Who is widely known as the "Iron Man of India"

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Chaudhary Charan Singh

c)

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

d)

Vallabhbhai Patel

29.

Who is widely credited as the "nightingale of India".

a)

Asha Bhosle

b)

Lata Mangeshkar

c)

Kavita Krishna murti

d)

None

30.

Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian _______ player.

a)

Cricket

b)

Football

c)

Hockey

d)

None

31.

First Indian Governor-General of India was:

a)

C. Rajagopalachari

b)

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

c)

Ram Manohar Lohia

d)

Jayaprakash Narayan

32.

N. R. Narayana Murthy is associated with field of

a)

Music

b)

Sports

c)

IT sector

d)

Politics

33.

_____________ was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India.

a)

Ramnath Goenka

b)

Verghese Kurien

c)

B. K. S. Iyengar

d)

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai

34.

_______________ is also known as the "Hero of Quit India Movement" and he is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution".

a)

Jayaprakash Narayan

b)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

c)

Ram Manohar Lohia

d)

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

35.

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman won the Nobel Prize for Physics in ____ for his pioneering work on scattering of light.

a)

1920

b)

1930

c)

1935

d)

1940

36.

_______________-was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for his mathematical theory of black holes.

a)

Satyendra Nath Bose

b)

S. Chandrashekar

c)

Visvesvaraya

d)

CV Raman

37.

Panchasheel agreement was signed by India and China in

a)

1950

b)

1954

c)

1957

d)

1960

38.

First nuclear test codenamed Smiling Buddha carried out at Pokhran in

a)

1970

b)

1972

c)

1974

d)

1976

39.

Kargil invasion by Pakistani troops occurred in:

a)

1997

b)

1998

c)

1999

d)

2000

40.

Launch of India's first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1:

a)

2000

b)

2004

c)

2008

d)

2010

41.

Internet comes to India in:

a)

1990

b)

1995

c)

2000

d)

2005

42.

First Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched, Imposition of Emergency in the country in:

a)

1970

b)

1975

c)

1980

d)

1982

43.

Dandi March, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement occurred in:

a)

1920

b)

1925

c)

1930

d)

1935

44.

First television service started in India in New Delhi in year:

a)

1954

b)

1959

c)

1957

d)

1952

45.

Simla agreement signed between India and Pakistan in

a)

1970

b)

1972

c)

1975

d)

1978

46.

First invasion in Sind by Arabs in:

a)

650 A.D.

b)

720 A.D.

c)

712 A.D.

d)

802 A.D.

47.

First Battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babur:

a)

1500

b)

1526

c)

1542

d)

1560

48.

East India Company established in

a)

1550

b)

1600

c)

1630

d)

1650

49.

National Technology Day is celebrated on

a)

February 12

b)

May 11

c)

March 15

d)

December 17

50.

Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar in:

a)

1542

b)

1576

c)

1567

d)

1538