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Questions Related to culture

Who wrote "The God of Small Things"?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Arundhati Roy

  3. Shobha De

  4. Mulk Raj Anand


Correct Option: B
  1. Mahasweta Devi

  2. Subramanya Bharathi

  3. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

  4. Meera Bai


Correct Option: C
  1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  2. Sarat Chandra Chatterji

  3. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay

  4. Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay


Correct Option: B

Who is the author of "Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda"

  1. Rahul Sankrityayan

  2. Khushwant Singh

  3. Dharamvir Bharati

  4. Jaishankar Prasad


Correct Option: C
  1. Devaki Nandan Khatri

  2. Sumitranandan Pant

  3. Maithili Sharan Gupt

  4. Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi


Correct Option: D
  1. Nirmal Verma

  2. Bharatendu Harishchandra

  3. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

  4. Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'


Correct Option: D

Bills live in __________.

  1. Eastern India

  2. Western India

  3. Central India

  4. North East India


Correct Option: C

Which was the first state formed on linguistic basis ?

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Karnataka


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In Jaipur session of 1948, congress appointed three member committee namely Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya (JVP) which rejected the linguistic factor for reorganization of states. Potti Sriramula undertook hunger strike in support of formation of separate Telgu speaking state from Madras state and lost his life. His death sparked public unrest and PM Jawaharlal Nehru declared to form Andhra state on linguistic basis. Hence, option C is correct answer. 

The national language of India is _________.

  1. Hindi

  2. English

  3. Pali

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As per the constitution of India, there is as such no national language. For the official purposes of the union government, parliament, Hindi and English languages are used. There are 22 official languages in India. States of India are free to adopt local languages for official purposes of the state.   

When we speak of occupational mobility, we usually refer to:

  1. The formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the 'highest' to the 'lowest' castes.

  2. Shift from one occupation to another, usually when a new generation takes up occupations other than their ancestors.

  3. Occupations of women in the society.

  4. Shift of population from rural areas to the urban areas.


Correct Option: B