The annual Royal Kathina ceremony is associated with which religion?
Answer: B
It belongs to Buddhism.
Kathina falls at the end of the three-month rains retreat, when the laity offer robes and requisites to the monastic community. In Thailand the king or his representative presides at the royal ceremony.
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Who among the following authors is known for his satires exposing the evils of contemporary society ?
Answer: A
It was Kshemendra.
The eleventh-century Kashmiri writer produced satires such as Narmamala and Desopadesa, exposing corrupt officials, false ascetics and greedy physicians - a rare source for the social life of his time.
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With which of the following dance forms the name of Lata Pada is associated with ?
Answer: B
She is associated with Bharatanatyam.
Lata Pada, based in Canada, is a dancer and choreographer who founded Sampradaya Dance Creations at Toronto. She lost her husband and daughters in the Air India Kanishka bombing of 1985.
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At which of the following place the only Swaminarayan temple is located in Pakistan?
Answer: C
It is at Karachi.
The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on M.A. Jinnah Road, built in 1849, is the only Swaminarayan temple in Pakistan and one of the few Hindu temples still functioning there.
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Lal Ded (Lalla Yogeshwari) was a practitioner of which of the following traditions?
Answer: B
She practised Kashmir Shaivism.
Lal Ded, the fourteenth-century mystic of Kashmir, left the vakhs - four-line verses in early Kashmiri that are the beginning of the language's literature. She is revered by Hindus and Muslims alike, the latter calling her Lalla Arifa.
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Which of the following Akademis is responsible for fostering the development of dance, drama and music in India?
Answer: B
It is the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Set up in 1953, it is the national academy for music, dance and drama, and it is the body whose recognition defines the classical dance forms. The Sahitya Akademi covers literature and the Lalit Kala Akademi the visual arts.
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In which month, Vishu is celebrated in Kerala?
Answer: D
It is celebrated in April.
Vishu falls on the first day of Medam, around 14 April, and marks the astronomical new year in Kerala. The Vishukkani - auspicious objects arranged to be the first thing seen on waking - is its central custom.
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For which work did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: C
It was Gitanjali.
Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for the English Song Offerings, his own prose renderings of poems from the Bengali Gitanjali and other collections. He was the first non-European laureate in literature.
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Hymns composed by which of the following saints have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib?
Answer: A
Hymns of Jayadeva are included.
The Guru Granth Sahib incorporates the verse of fifteen bhagats besides the Gurus - Kabir, Namdev, Ravidas, Farid, Jayadeva and others - drawn from different regions, castes and both Hindu and Muslim backgrounds.
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The Kalachakra ceremony is associated with which religion?
Answer: B
It belongs to Buddhism.
The Kalachakra, or wheel of time, is the highest tantric initiation of Tibetan Buddhism, conferred by the Dalai Lama before large gatherings and preceded by the making of a sand mandala that is swept away at the end.
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