Apart from India, in which of the following two countries, Tamil is an official language?
Answer: D
They are Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Tamil is one of Sri Lanka's two official languages and one of Singapore's four. It is also recognised in Malaysia and taught there, but is not an official language.
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Which of the following statements about the Gandhara School of Art is NOT correct?
Answer: B
The incorrect statement is that Gandhara art enjoyed the liberal patronage of Indian rulers.
Its patrons were foreign dynasties settled in the north-west - the Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and above all the Kushanas under Kanishka. The school's Hellenistic modelling, its Buddhist subject matter and its use of grey schist are all correctly described.
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Jagdish Khebudkar was a renowned poet and lyricist of which among the following languages?
Answer: A
He wrote in Marathi.
Jagdish Khebudkar wrote some 2,500 songs for over 300 Marathi films, and won the state award for best lyricist eleven times.
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Who among the following was instrumental in designing New Delhi in collaboration with Edwin Lutyens?
Answer: D
It was Herbert Baker.
Lutyens brought him in to design the Secretariat blocks and the Council House, while he took Viceroy's House. The two quarrelled bitterly over the gradient of Raisina Hill, which hid the palace from Kingsway - a dispute Lutyens called his Bakerloo.
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Which country is compiling World’s first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library?
Answer: B
India is compiling it.
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, begun in 2001 by CSIR and the Department of AYUSH, records Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and yoga knowledge in five languages so that patent offices can find it as prior art - a response to the patents granted abroad on turmeric and neem.
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Where is the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization ?
Answer: A
It is at Shimla.
The Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization was set up at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, housed in the former Viceregal Lodge.
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Which among the following is NOT in Maharashtra?
Answer: B
The Bagh Caves are not in Maharashtra.
They are in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, and hold Buddhist murals of the fifth and sixth centuries comparable with Ajanta's. Bhaja, Bedsa and Ellora are all in Maharashtra.
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Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
Answer: A
It is Ottan Thullal.
The Kerala form was created by the poet Kunchan Nambiar in the eighteenth century as a solo performance, sung and danced by one artist who narrates and satirises as he goes. Kuchipudi, Yakshagana and Odissi are all group or troupe forms.
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The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
Answer: C
It is at New Delhi.
The Sahitya Akademi, founded in 1954, has its head office at Rabindra Bhavan on Ferozeshah Road, with regional offices at Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. It recognises 24 languages.
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Kathakali is a classical dance prevalent in which state?
Answer: C
It belongs to Kerala.
Kathakali is a classical dance-drama of Kerala performed by men, drawing its stories from the epics and the Puranas. Its elaborate green, red and black face painting and towering headgear make it the most recognisable of Indian dance forms.
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