Person
Founder of Jainism
Lucknow has been given various names
The Constantinople of India
Golden City of the East
Paris of the East
Bangladesh became independent from..............in........
Pakistan in 1971
Baolis are......
Stepwells - are wells or ponds in which the water is reached by descending a set of steps to the water level. Stepwells also served as a place for social gatherings and religious ceremonies.
Navroz is...
Parsi New Year is celebrated on 17th of August. On this auspicious day, the Parsis visit the Fire Temple.
Novel 'Namesake is written by..............
Film is directed by..............
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mira Nair
The film ‘Water’ was shot in
Sri Lanka
First Prime Minister and President of Independent India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Rajendra Prasad
By 2050, India to have world’s largest populations of Hindus and Muslims.
True or False
TRUE
Hindi cinema is commonly known as ‘Bollywood’, Telugu cinema is known as ‘................and Kannada cinema is known as ‘.......................
'Tollywood'
'Sandalwood'
Founder of Pakistan
Mohammad Ali Jinnah - leader of All India muslim League and First Governor general of Pakistan.
his 2nd wife was a Parsi
The city of Varanasi ( Benaras, Kashi ) is known as
"City of Light",
In the Mahabharata and, the city is referred to as Kāśī (काशी: Kashi) from the Sanskrit verbal root kaś- "to shine", making Varanasi known as "City of Light", the "luminous city as an eminent seat of learning"
India comprises of 28 States and 9 Union territories. The 2 new union territories are
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Ululu sound /Ululudhvani
On any auspicious occasions like Durga Puja and weddings, Bengalis make distinctive resonating sounds while uttering a high-pitched howl. Ululudhvani is a tradition in Bengal, Assam and Odisha.
Ahura Mazda is
God of the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism
_____________statue in the town of_______ ( in Karnataka) is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Jainism.
Gommateshwara statue dedicated to the Jain Figure Bahubali, in Shravanabelagola
Carved of a single block of granite, it is one of the tallest monolithic statues in the ancient world.
Fictional town in most of R.K. Narayan’s stories
Malgudi
First mosque in India is in....
Cheraman Juma Mosque in Kerala. Built in 629 AD
The 5 Ks in Sikhism are
Kesh, Kangha, Kripan, Kachcha and Kada
What is the color of robes of Swamis, Sadhus, Monks
and Why?
Orange or saffron color stands for the fire of renunciation- signifies fire and sun. Monks have to give up all connection to worldly things.
Chosen mainly because of the dye available at the time.
Name of authors of Pinjar, Ice candy man, Duvidha, Devdas, Umrao Jaan Ada, The Guide, Water
Amrita Pritam, Bapsi Sidhwa, Vijan Dan DEtha, Sharat Chandra Chattopadya, MirzaHadi Ruswa, R.K Narayan, Bapsi Sidhwa
State that remained Portuguese territory into the nineteen fifties.
GOA on the western coast of India
Caste system was banned in India in.......
1950 by the constitution
The word 'Caste' is a word used by the Britishers
True or False
In the 1700s Portuguese first used the word “casta” with reference to the social hierarchy in the Indian subcontinent.
Origin of name 'Hindustan'
Hindustan-derived from the Persian word Hindū cognate with the Sanskrit Sindhu (lower Indus river). The Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850 and 600 BCE.