Indian Culture

Which of the following Vedanga is related to metrics?

• Kalpa

• Nirkuta

• Chhanda

• Shiksha

India's largest city by popuation

• Delhi

• Mumbai

• Pune

• Chennai

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?

• Only the first stanza

• The whole song

• Third and Fourth stanza

• First and Second stanza

The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from

• Rigveda

• Mundak Upanishad

• Satpath Brahmana

• Ramayana

The Flamingo Festival is celebrated in__?

• Andhra Pradesh

• Karnataka

• Kerala

• Bihar

Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?

• Lucknow

• Hyderabad

• Jaipur

• Mysore

Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?

• Kathakali

• Nautanki

• Garba

• Bhangra

In 1724 the state of Hyderabad was founded by :

• Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah

• Azim Jah Bahadur

• Osman Ali Khan

• Qamaruddin Khan

The Harappa civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :

• R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni

• Mortimer Wheeler

• Sir Alexander Cunningham

• None of Above

When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was:

• Gupta Dynasty

• Maurya Dynasty

• Sakya Dynasty

• Nanda Dynasty