General Awareness

Indian Cuisine and Foods

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Indian Cuisine and Foods explores regional dishes, traditional ingredients, and festive foods across the country. The questions cover popular street foods, wedding dishes, and local delicacies. A solid understanding of Indian culinary diversity is helpful for general awareness exams.

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Indian Cuisine and Foods Questions

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___________ rice for the Tamil harvest festival is an example of traditions in food.

  1. Pongal

  2. Idli

  3. Dosa

  4. Sevian
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pongal is a rice dish in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is offered to the Sun God on the seond day of Pongal- a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It is a traditional occasion for giving thanks to nature, for celebrating the life cycles that give us grain.

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Idli, ___________ are some of the famous food items in south India.

  1. Dosa

  2. Sambhar

  3. Vada

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The people of South  India are benefitted by a long sea coast. They are short and sturdy in built. Rice is the staple diet, with fish being an integral component of coastal South India. They prefer to eat on banana leaves on all important occasions. Idli, dosa, sambhar, vada are some of the famous food items and are very well-known and popular.

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Despite having an extensive coastline, the cuisine of Gujarat is primarily a vegetarian cuisine.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Gujarati food is that of the territory of Gujarat, in western India. In spite of having a broad coastline giving healthy seafood, Gujarat is principally a veggie lover state because of the impact of Jain vegetarianism. Numerous people group, notwithstanding, do incorporate fish, chicken, and lamb in their eating routine.
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Despite having an extensive coastline, the cuisine of Gujarat is primarily a ________cuisine.

  1. Vegetarian

  2. Non-vegetarian

  3. Oceanic

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Although the long coastline of Gujarat ensures a huge variety of seafood, the influence of Jain culture and philosophy makes the region a predominantly vegetarian barring some communities. Gujarat has one of the largest population of Jains in the world and their practice of vegetarian cuisines, along with traditional Hindu cuisines, influence the people of Gujarat, in general, to tend towards a vegetarian diet.

Multiple choice botany plant breeding method of plant breeding for crop improvement plant breeding for food production biotechnology

Mysore has one of the following institute

  1. National agricultural research institute

  2. Rice research institute

  3. Forest research institute

  4. Central food technology research institute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Central Food Technological Research Institute, is one of the laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in Mysore, Karnataka. 

So the correct option is D.

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Which of the following is a staple food of India?

  1. Rice

  2. Bread

  3. Meat

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rice is the staple food of India. It is a rich source of carbohydrates mainly starch. It is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. 

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If you take the scion of desi mango and stock of dasheri mango, what type of mango will be produced?

  1. Desheri

  2. Desi

  3. Hybrid

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The grafted branches present will give rise to dasheri mangoes whereas the rest of the branches will give rise to desi mangoes.

So, the correct option is 'Desi'.

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The first Indian product to get GI tag was?

  1. Tirupati laddu

  2. Darjeeling tea

  3. Bikaneri bhujia

  4. Nagpur orange
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin (e.g. a town, region or a country) and possess qualities, attributes or a reputation that are due to that origin. A GI right enables those who have the right to use the indication to prevent its use by a third party whose product does not conform to the applicable standards. Darjeeling Tea was the first Indian product to get the geographical indication tag. In 2004, the famous beverage got the recognition.