Indian art and culture is a vast and enriching subject that plays a vital role in competitive exams. Questions related to this domain test a candidate’s knowledge of India’s diverse heritage, traditions, and cultural history. Here’s a collection of one-liner questions that encapsulate the essence of Indian art and culture:
Indian Art and Culture(Foreign Travellers) One-liner Questions
- Who was the Greek ethnographer who served as an ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya?
- What is Megasthenes’ famous work about ancient India called?
- Which Greek ambassador was sent by Antiochus I to Bindusāra, the Mauryan ruler?
- Which work by Ptolemy describes ancient Indian geography?
- Who visited India during Chandragupta Vikramaditya’s era and wrote about the Gupta dynasty?
- Which Chinese traveler wrote “Si-Yu-Ki” during his 15-year stay in India?
- Which Chinese traveler visited India for Buddhist studies and documented biographies of monks?
- Which Arab traveler wrote “Muruj-ul-Zehab,” documenting India’s history in AD 957?
- Who is known as the Father of Indology and wrote “Tahqiq-i-Hind”?
- Which Italian explorer visited southern India during Kakatiya and Pandyan rule?
- Who was the Moroccan traveler that visited India during Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq’s reign?
- Which traveler from Damascus documented Indian society in “Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar”?
- Who was the Venetian traveler who visited Vijayanagar during Devraya I’s reign?
- Which Persian traveler described life in Calicut and Vijayanagara in his work?
- Who was the Russian merchant who visited South India and wrote “The Journey Beyond Three Seas”?
- Which Portuguese voyager studied Malayalam and documented his findings in Kerala and Vijayanagara?
- Which Portuguese traveler visited the court of Krishnadeva Raya in Vijayanagar?
- Which Chinese wayfarer detailed Indian socio-economic spheres during the Gupta era?
- Who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni and was the first Muslim scholar to study India?
- Which traveler’s work provided insights into the caste culture of Kerala in the early 1500s?
Answer:
- S1. Ans: Megasthenes.
- S2. Ans: “Indika”.
- S3. Ans: Deimachos.
- S4. Ans: “The Geography of India”.
- S5. Ans: Faxian.
- S6. Ans: Xuanzang.
- S7. Ans: I-Tsing.
- S8. Ans: Al Samudi.
- S9. Ans: Al-Beruni.
- S10. Ans: Marco Polo.
- S11. Ans: Ibn Battuta.
- S12. Ans: Shihabuddin al-Umari.
- S13. Ans: Nicolo Conti.
- S14. Ans: Abdur Razzaq.
- S15. Ans: Athanasius Nikitin.
- S16. Ans: Duarte Barbosa.
- S17. Ans: Domingo Paes.
- S18. Ans: Faxian.
- S19. Ans: Al-Beruni.
- S20. Ans: Duarte Barbosa.
Question of The Day |
Who wrote a graphic account of Vijayanagara’s capital during the Sangam Dynasty? (a) Ibn Battuta |