Indian Culture MCQs

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In Hindu culture, the word Gotra is considered synonymous with lineage. It broadly refers to individuals who are common male ancestors or descendants of the unbroken male line from the patriline. Generally, a tribe forms an exogamous unit, in which case marriage is considered and is forbidden by custom. The tribe name may be used as a surname, but it is different from the surname and is strictly maintained due to its importance in intermarriage between Hindus, especially castes.

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Sorority marriage is a type of marriage in which the husband is engaged to be married or in a relationship with his wife’s sister, usually after his wife’s death or when his wife is childless. Levirate marriage in contrast.

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Bandhani or Bandhej is one of the most popular, highly skilled, and embellished Indian textile arts. This is the originator of Gujarati textile art.

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The Achkan also known as the Baghal Bandi, is a knee-length jacket worn like an angarkha by men in the Indian subcontinent.

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Janan- khand is an example of Upanishads. The Upanishads are the late Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hindu philosophy that provided the basis for later Hindu philosophy. They are the most recent part of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, and are concerned with meditation, philosophy, consciousness, and ontological knowledge.

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Sanchi is a small village situated on a hill near the town of Sanchi in the Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh State, India. It is situated on the banks of the Betwa river, 46 km northeast of Bhopal, and 10 km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of Madhya Pradesh. There are many Buddhist monuments here, which date back to the 3rd century BC. from the middle of the twelfth century. Sanchi is a Nagar Panchayat in Raisen District.

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There are three colours in the Indian flag and each has a different meaning, as saffron tells about courage and sacrifice, white signifies peace and truth and green signifies faith.

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In 1963, Peacock was declared the National bird of India. Pavo cristatus is the scientific name of Peacock.

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Prominent composers prior to the Trinity of Carnatic music include Sripadaraja, Vyasatirtha, Kanakadasa, Vadiraja Tirtha, Arunachala Kavi, Annamacharya, Narayana Theertha, Vijaya Dasa, Jagannatha Dasa, Gopala Dasa, Bhadrachala Ramadas, Sadasiva Brahmendra and Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi. Other composers are Swathi Thirunal, Gopalakrishna Bharathi, Neelakanta Sivan, Patnam Subramania Iyer, Mysore Vasudevachar, Koteeswara Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavathar, Subramania Bharathiyar, Kalyani Varadarajan, M. Balamuralikrishna and Papanasam Sivan. The compositions of these composers are rendered frequently by artists of today.

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Bhogali Bihu, or Magh Bihu, is Assam’s harvest festival, beginning with Uruka, a community feast. Wangala, celebrated in Meghalaya and Assam, honors the Sun God with traditional dances in colorful attire. The Ka Pom-Blang Nongkrem festival in Meghalaya involves worshiping Goddess Ka Blei Synshar, featuring animal sacrifices and the Nongkrem dance, held in October and November to give thanks for the harvest. Odisha’s Nuakhai, meaning “new food,” is also known as Nuakhai Parab or Nuakhai Bhetghat.