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Key Figures in Indian Culture

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Q1. Who among the following called himself 'Parrot of Hindustan'?

  1. AMalik Muhammad Jayasi
  2. BRaskhan
  3. CAmir Khusro
  4. DAmir Hassan
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Answer: C) Amir Khusro

Q2. The birthplace of Amir Khusro is-

  1. AEtah
  2. BKasganj
  3. CKannauj
  4. DLucknow
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Answer: A) Etah

Q3. Whose disciple was Amir Khusro?

  1. ASaifuddin Mahmud
  2. BNizamuddin Auliya
  3. CAsadullah Baig
  4. DMuinuddin Chishti
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Answer: B) Nizamuddin Auliya

Q4. What was the real name of Amir Khusro?

  1. AMuhammad Hasan
  2. BMuhammad Hussain
  3. CMuhammad Khusrau
  4. DMuhammad Khan
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Answer: A) Muhammad Hasan

Q5. Amir Khusrau was a court poet of which ruler?

  1. AChandragupta II
  2. BAlauddin Khilji
  3. CQutbuddin Aibak
  4. DHarshavardhan
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Answer: B) Alauddin Khilji

Q6. The great Hindu law makers were:

  1. AKapil
  2. BKautilya
  3. CManu
  4. DVatsyayana
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Answer: C) Manu

Q7. Who is considered the founder of the Sufi sect in India?

  1. AQutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
  2. BNizamuddin Auliya
  3. CMuinuddin Chishti
  4. DNaseeruddin Mahmood
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Answer: C) Muinuddin Chishti

Q8. When was Prophet Muhammad born?

  1. A570 AD
  2. B622 AD
  3. C642 AD
  4. D670 AD
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Answer: A) 570 AD

Q9. When was Guru Nanak Dev born?

  1. A1449 AD
  2. B1453 AD
  3. C1469 AD
  4. D1499 AD
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Answer: C) 1469 AD

Q10. Chaitanya taught-

  1. Aof devotion
  2. Bof knowledge
  3. Cof detachment
  4. Dof Sufism
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Answer: A) of devotion

Q11. By what name did Guru Nanak's disciple 'Lahna' later become famous?

  1. AAmardas
  2. BAngad
  3. CRamdas
  4. DArjun Das
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Answer: B) Angad

Q12. Who was 'Tyagaraja'?

  1. APolitician
  2. BScientist
  3. CMusician
  4. Ddancer
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Answer: C) Musician

Q13. Who is known as the 'Magician of Sitar' in the world of music?

  1. AThyagaraja
  2. BTansen
  3. CRahim Sen
  4. DPurandar Das
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Answer: C) Rahim Sen

Q14. Guru Nanak's real name was-

  1. AAngad
  2. BLahna
  3. CNanak
  4. DNarendra Nath
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Answer: C) Nanak

Q15. Tansen's original name was-

  1. AMakarchand Pandey
  2. BRamtanu Pandey
  3. CLala Kalavant
  4. DBaaz Bahadur
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Answer: B) Ramtanu Pandey

Q16. Gautama Buddha's real name was-

  1. ASiddhartha
  2. BNarendra
  3. CDevadatta
  4. DVishaladatta
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Answer: A) Siddhartha

Q17. Swami Vivekananda's real name was-

  1. ABatukeshwar Dutt
  2. BNarendra Nath Dutt
  3. CKrishna Dutt
  4. DSurendranath Dutt
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Answer: B) Narendra Nath Dutt

Q18. The original Chinese name of Confucius was-

  1. ALao Shrew
  2. BWu-Wang
  3. CKung Fu
  4. DMeng-shr
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Answer: C) Kung Fu

Q19. The real name of the famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib was-

  1. AMushtaq Ali
  2. BAsadullah Khan
  3. CSaifullah Khan
  4. DYusuf Khan
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Answer: B) Asadullah Khan

Q20. Who said – “Delhi is still far away”?

  1. AAmir Khusro
  2. BNizamuddin Auliya
  3. CFiroz Tughlaq
  4. DSheikh Salim Chishti
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Answer: B) Nizamuddin Auliya

Q21. Who said this line, "Everyone remembers God in sorrow, but no one does so in happiness"?

  1. AMirabai
  2. BSurdas
  3. CKabirdas
  4. DTulsidas
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Answer: C) Kabirdas

Q22. 'Karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana' is the saying of which religious text?

  1. ASrimad Bhagavatam Gita
  2. BRamacharitmanas
  3. CRamayana
  4. DSlaughter of Jayadratha
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Answer: A) Srimad Bhagavatam Gita

Q23. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are two different names of the same God”?

  1. AGuru Nanak Dev
  2. BKabir Das
  3. CSwami Vivekananda
  4. DMahatma Gandhi
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Answer: B) Kabir Das

Q24. Who introduced the motto 'Take refuge in the Vedas'?

  1. ASwami Dayanand Saraswati
  2. BNarendra Nath Dutt
  3. CBal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. DVishnu Shastri
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Answer: A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Q25. Whose disciple was Saint Kabir?

  1. ARamanujacharya
  2. BVallabhacharya
  3. CNarharidas
  4. DRamanand
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Answer: D) Ramanand

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