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Art & Culture Quiz 5

Welcome to your Art & Culture Quiz 5

1. 
The national motto of India, ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from: [2014]

2. 
Consider the following pairs: [2013]

3. 
With reference to the scientific progress of ancient India, which of the statements given below are correct?

1) Different kinds of specialized surgical instruments were in common use by the 1st century AD. 

2) Transplant of internal organs in the human body had begun by the beginning of the 3rd century AD. 

3) The concept of sine of an angle was known in the 5th century AD. 

4) The concept of cyclic quadrilaterals was known in the 7th century AD. 

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: [2012]

4. 
Among the following, who are the Agaria community? [2009]

5. 

6. 
What does the Baudhayan theorem (Baudhayana Sulba Sutra) relate to? [2008]

7. 
Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi? [2008]

8. 
What is the number of spokes in the Dharma chakra in the National Flag of India? [2008]

9. 
Indian Airlines (new name: Indian) have redesigned their logo, which is a graphic wheel. This logo has been inspired by which one of the following? [2006]

10. 
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2006]

List I

  1. Time Taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun
  2. Calculation of the value of (.pi.)
  3. Invention of the digit zero
  4. The game of snakes and ladders

List II

  1. Aryabhatta
  2. Bhaskaracharya
  3. Budhayana
  4. Gyandev

Correct match for A, B, C and D respectively is:

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