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Question : 36 [MPPCS (Pre) 2013]

Which of the following musical instrument is not of Indo-Islamic origin?

a) Tabla

b) Shehnai

c) Sitar

d) Sarangi

Answer: (d)

Question : 37

Bindadin Maharaj is a maestro of which of the following classical dance forms?

a) Manipuri

b) Kathakali

c) Odissi

d) Kathak

Answer: (d)

Binda din Maharaj was born in 1830. He was the originator of his Gharana, popularly and widely known as Lucknow Gharana.

He together with his brother Kalika Prasad, brought a renaissance in Kathak and raised it to a high level.

Question : 38

Consider the following statements.

  1. The Badshahi Mosque was built by Shah Jahan’s son and successor Aurangzeb (ruled 1658-1707).
  2. It remains one of the top 10 largest mosques in the world
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Neither 1 nor 2

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 2

d) 1 only

Answer: (c)

Built by Shah Jahan’s son and successor Aurangzeb (ruled 1658-1707), the Badshahi Mosque was the largest mosque in the world when completed in 1673. It lost the title of the world’s largest mosque in 1983, however, it remains one of the top 10 largest mosques in the world.

Its style is reminiscent of that of Jama Masjid in Delhi but it is much larger as it has a capacity for 100,000 people.

Question : 39 [MPPCS (Pre) 1991]

Ijtima Festival (Mela) is celebrated in

a) Bhopal

b) Raipur

c) Indore

d) Jabalpur

Answer: (a)

Question : 40

Match the following:

List I List II
A. Neo-tantricism 1. Bikash Bhattacharya
B. Photo-realism 2. Nandalal Bose
C. Folk 3. Biren De
D. Abstraction 4. Jehangir Sabavala
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 3 2 1

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 3 1 2 4

d) 2 3 4 1

Answer: (c)

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