Rajgir Mahotsav is celebrated in __:
Answer: B
It is celebrated in Bihar.
The Rajgir Mahotsav is held each October at Rajgir in Nalanda district - ancient Rajagriha, the first capital of Magadha - with classical dance, folk performance and opera over three days.
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Berana is a wedding ceremony of
Answer: C
It is a Sindhi ceremony.
Berana or Berana Satsang is the evening gathering held at the bride's and groom's homes in the days before a Sindhi wedding, where the women sing traditional songs to the dholak.
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Sabarimala is located in which of the following states?
Answer: A
It is in Kerala.
The Ayyappan shrine at Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta district stands in the Periyar tiger reserve and is reached on foot. Pilgrims observe a forty-one day austerity before the journey.
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Consider the following matches:
1. Khudabaksh Oriental Library
2. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
3. Indira Gandhi Rastriya Manav sangrahalaya
The states in which the above are located are as follows:
Answer: B
They are in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library is at Patna, holding rare Persian and Arabic manuscripts; the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is at Dharamsala; and the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, the national museum of mankind, is at Bhopal.
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Which is the largest Indian museum?
Answer: D
It is the Indian Museum at Kolkata.
Founded in 1814 by the Asiatic Society, it is the oldest and largest museum in India and among the oldest in the world. Its holdings run from the Bharhut stupa railing to Egyptian mummies.
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Which of the musical instruments are of Indo-Islamic origin?
Answer: B
They are sitar, tabla and sarangi.
All three took shape in the Indo-Islamic musical world of north India, the sitar and tabla traditionally ascribed to Amir Khusro. The shehnai descends from the older indigenous shahnai and nagaswaram.
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Who among the following is the author of Kitab-ur-Rehla?
Answer: C
It is Ibn Battuta's.
The Moroccan traveller spent some eight years in India from 1333, serving Muhammad bin Tughlaq as qazi of Delhi and then as envoy to China. His Rihla is a first-hand account of the sultanate at its height.
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Who among the following has written “Bharat Durdasha”?
Answer: D
It was Bharatendu Harishchandra.
His play Bharat Durdasha of 1880 is an allegory on India's condition under colonial rule. He is regarded as the father of modern Hindi literature and of Hindi theatre.
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“Kandyan” dance, which depicts scenes from the Ramayana, is the national dance of which country?
Answer: C
It is the national dance of Sri Lanka.
Kandyan dance takes its name from the hill capital of Kandy and is performed to the geta bera drum, its best-known form being the ves dance once reserved for the Kandy Esala Perahera.
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The best known of the compilations of the compositions of Kabir are known as ?
Answer: C
It is the Bijak.
The Bijak is the compilation of Kabir's verse used by the Kabirpanth, arranged in three sections - ramaini, shabda and sakhi. Other verses of his are in the Guru Granth Sahib and in the Rajasthani collections.
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