Practice Quiz set 4 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) All India Music Academy established in which year?
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Q-2) Chapchar Kut is a festival celebrated in the State of
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Q-3) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a famous player of which musical instrument?
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Q-4) Gandhara School of art came into existence
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Q-5) The ‘Raga’ which is sung early in the morning is
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Q-6) After how many years ‘Maha Kumbh’ is held?
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Q-7) The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was
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Q-8) The Flamingo Festival is celebrated in_______?
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The annual “Flamingo Festival” began at Sullurpeta near the Pulicat lake bird sanctuary in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The festival was being held every year to bring together the people and various departments in the task of preserving Pulicat Lake and its surroundings.
Every year approximately 15,000 Greater Flamingos are reported to visit the lake along with pelicans, kingfishers, herons, painted storks, spoonbills and ducks.
Q-9) Consider the following statements
- The Taj Mahal was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.
- In 2007, UNESCO designated it as a World Heritage Site for its architectural splendour.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Taj Mahal was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983.
The Taj Mahal which is also the final resting place of Shah Jahan (he was buried next to his beloved wife) is located in the city of Agra, about 125 miles south of New Delhi.
Q-10) Bharatnatyam dance style belongs to
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Bharatnatyam is an artistic yoga that involves the movement of the body parts in a very artistic and elegant manner. It is the most widely practised of Indian classical dances in south India and has its origin in Tamil Nadu.
The term Bharatnatyam was introduced in the mid-thirties by S. Krishna Iyer and later spread by Rukmini Devi Arundale. It comprises Bhava, Raga, Tala, and Natya put together as Bharatanatyam.