art & culture section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11 [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]

Which one of the signifies the folk culture?

a) Cultural practices of urban people

b) Cultural practices of people of modern society

c) Cultural practices of more civilized people

d) Cultural practices of common people

Question : 12 [IAS (Pre) 1997]

Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?

a) Kasirama - Oriya

b) Pampa - Kannada

c) Sarladasa - Bengali

d) Tikkana - Marathi

Question : 13

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the National School of Drama?

1. It is the foremost theatre training institution in India.
2. It was set up by the Sangeet Natak Akademi as one of its constituent units in 1959.
3. In 1975, it became an independent entity and was registered as an autonomous organization.
4. Institute is fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

a) 2, 3, and 4

b) 1, 3, and 4

c) 1, 2, and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 14

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:

a) 4 2 3 1

b) 1 3 2 4

c) 1 2 3 4

d) 4 3 2 1

Question : 15 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was

a) Mirza Ghalib

b) Faiz

c) Amir Khusrau

d) Bahadur Shah Zafar