Indian Culture MCQs

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Celebration of the biggest post-harvest festival of the Zeliangrong community, Chakan Gaan-Ngai, also popularly known as Gaan-Ngai was kick-started in Manipur recently with different organizations celebrating the festival in their own manner with traditional gaiety and religious fervour. The State Level celebration of the festival was organized by State Level Gaan Ngai-2013 Committee at Langol Tarung village with Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh as Chief Guest.

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The Dilwara temples are located at Mount Abu in Rajasthan. These temples appear simple from outside but the interior showcase the extraordinary work of human craftsmanship. These Jain temples were built by Vimal Shah and designed by Vastupala, Jain minister of Dholka.

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The state of Gujarat, specifically in the city of Palitana, holds a remarkable distinction of having 838 Jain temples located on a single mountain. Jainism, one of the oldest religions in the world, has a strong community still in India. These temples are a major pilgrimage site for Jains and are a testament to the architectural prowess of ancient artisans.

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The name of the autobiography of Gandhiji is “The Story of My Experiments with Truth”. It was published in 1927. In this book he wrote “In the very first month of Indian Opinion, I realised that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper press is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole countryside and devastates crops, even so an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy”.

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Rajasekhara Chairtram was the first novel in Telugu. It was written by Veeresalingam.

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Guru Angad Dev ji (1504 -1552 AD) was the 2nd Guru of Sikhs, who popularised the use of simplified script, known as  Gurmukhi script, by modifying the old Punjabi characters. It became the medium of writing the Punjabi language in which the hymns of the Gurus are expressed.

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Guru Arjun Dev ji, the 5th Guru of Sikhs composed and collected the hymns of the previous Sikh gurus and laid the foundation of holy book of Sikhs known as Guru Granth Sahib (or Adi granth).

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The Department of Science and Technology (DST), in 2015, conceptualized a new research program called “Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation” (SATYAM) – under its Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI). As Yoga and Meditation are interdisciplinary endeavours that interface with Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology, Philosophy, therefore, comprehensive research on yoga and meditation is expected to address various challenges confronting physical and mental health. This new programme is aimed to foster scientific research on the effects of yoga and meditation on physical & mental health and on cognitive functioning in healthy people as well as in patients with disorders.

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Sumitranandan Pant was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated “Progressive” left-wing 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.

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Rabindranath Tagore FRAS, also known by his sobriquets Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a Bengali polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent. He was the author of the literary work ‘Sishu’.