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Question : 11 [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2017]

‘Madhubani’ painting is related to which state?

a) Bihar

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Kerala

Answer: (a)

Question : 12 [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
(Monument) (Location)
A. Gateway of India 1. Kolkata
B. Victoria Memorial 2. Hyderabad
C. India Gate 3. New Delhi
D. Char Minar 4. Mumbai
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 1 3 2

b) 1 4 2 3

c) 4 2 1 3

d) 2 3 4 1

Answer: (a)

Question : 13

Where is the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization?

a) Chennai

b) Kolkata

c) Dehradun

d) Shimla

Answer: (d)

To pay a befitting tribute to the man of letters, Nobel Laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, on his 150th birth anniversary, the Government of India has set up a ‘Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization’ (TCSCC) at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla.

The objectives of the Centre include:

  • to encourage the study of Tagore’s work;
  • support translations of Tagore’s work into other Indian languages;
  • promote comparative study of his work with poets, artists and writers in other parts of India and the world;
  • study the elements of his Humanist philosophy and his cosmopolitanism and;
  • explore his concerns regarding the relationship between science and society.

Question : 14

Choose the correct chronological sequence of sculptors whose preferred medium was stone

a) Rajshekhar Nair, M. Dharmani, Mahendra Pandya, Balbir Singh Katt

b) M. Dharmani, Mahendra Pandya, Balbir Singh katt, Rajshekhar Nair

c) Mahendra Pandya, Balbir Singh Katt, Rajshekhar Nair, M. Dharmani

d) Balbir Singh Katt, M. Dharmani, Mahendra Pandya, Rajshekhar Nair

Answer: (b)

Question : 15 [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]

Which of the following Academy is responsible for fostering the development of dance, drama and music in India?

a) Lalit Kala Academy

b) National School of Drama

c) Sangeet Academy

d) Sahitya Academy

Answer: (c)

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