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Questions : Mask dance is associated with which of the following dance styles?

(a) Naga

(b) Kuchipudi

(c) Kathakali

(d) Odissi

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

Which of the painting is mixture of Rajasthani and Mughal?

a) Madhubani painting

b) Pahari painting

c) Basohli painting

d) Kangra painting

Answer: (d)

Kangra painting is a mixture of Rajasthan and Mughal. The pictorial art of Kangra is one of the finest gifts of India to the art world.

It originated in a small hill state ‘Guler’ in the lower Himalayas in the 18th century when a family of Kashmiri painters trained in the Mughal Style of painting sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh of Guler.

Question : 2

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

List I List II
A. Amrita Shergil 1. Dancer
B. Bhimsen Joshi 2. Painter
C. Rukmini Devi Arundale 3. Poet
D. Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ 4. Singer
Codes: A B C D

a) 2 4 1 3

b) 3 4 1 2

c) 2 1 4 3

d) 3 1 4 2

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

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

List I List II
(Person) (Distinguished as)
A. Santosh Yadav 1. T.V. Host
B. Oprah Winfrey 2. Journalist
C. Oscar Wilde 3. Mountaineer
D. P. Sainath 4. Dramatist and Author
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 3 2 4

b) 1 3 4 2

c) 3 1 4 2

d) 3 1 2 4

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Pt. Ravi Shankar belongs to which musical instrument?

a) Violin

b) Sitar

c) Guitar

d) Tabla

Answer: (b)

Pt. Ravi Shankar was a famous sitar player. Shankar won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 1957 Berlin International Film Festival for composing the music for the movie Kabuliwala.

He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1962 and was named a Fellow of the academy for 1975. Shankar was awarded the three highest national civil honours of India:

  • Padma Bhushan, in 1967,
  • Padma Vibhushan, in 1981, and
  • Bharat Ratna, in 1999.

He received the music award of the UNESCO International Music Council in 1975, three Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements

  1. The Lahore Fort was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (ruled 1556-1605) in the 1560s.
  2. In 1981, UNESCO inscribed it on the World Heritage Site List as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 2

d) neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

The Lahore Fort was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (ruled 1556-1605) in the 1560s on a site of an earlier citadel that had been built, rebuilt and demolished by several Mughal rulers.

Akbar’s fort was modified by his successors and later by the British rulers as well but in 1981, UNESCO inscribed it on the World Heritage Site List as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture.

The Lahore Fort is located in the city of Lahore, the capital of the province of Punjab in Pakistan.

Question : 6

Which one of the following is not the factor of ‘Cultural Lag’?

a) Politics

b) Tradition

c) Religion

d) Law

Answer: (a)

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