Santhara is a religious ritual related to ___?
Answer: A
It is a Jain ritual.
Santhara, or sallekhana, is the voluntary fast to death undertaken when a Jain judges that the body can no longer serve religious life. The Rajasthan High Court held it illegal in 2015, and the Supreme Court stayed that order.
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Lohri is celebrated in the month of
Answer: D
It falls in January.
Lohri is kept on 13 January, the eve of Makar Sankranti, at the end of the Punjabi winter. Bonfires are lit and sesame, jaggery and popcorn thrown into the flames as the rabi crop is celebrated.
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Thillana is a format of
Answer: C
It belongs to Bharatanatyam.
The tillana comes at the end of a Bharatanatyam recital - a fast, largely rhythmic piece built on syllabic patterns with sculpturesque poses and little narrative content, corresponding to the tarana in Hindustani music.
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” Shesher Kabita” is the reknowned work of which among the following legends?
Answer: A
It is Rabindranath Tagore's.
Shesher Kabita, 'The Last Poem', appeared in 1929, a novel of two lovers who part while still in love, and is notable for the way Tagore has his characters criticise his own poetry within it.
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In which among the following sacrifices, the sacrificial materials used was sura in Vedic Era?
Answer: C
It was the Sautramani.
The rite used sura, a fermented liquor, in offerings to the Ashvins, Sarasvati and Indra, and was performed as a purification after excessive soma drinking or to restore a deposed king.
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In which century, the Rajatarangini of Kalhana was composed?
Answer: C
It was composed in the 12th century.
Kalhana wrote the Rajatarangini in Kashmir about 1148, a verse chronicle of its kings. It is the earliest Indian work that can properly be called history, weighing its sources and criticising rulers freely.
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Indian classical dance forms are based on the instructions of the book
Answer: B
It is the Natyashastra.
Bharata's treatise sets out the theory of rasa, the classification of hand gestures and body movement, and the rules of stagecraft on which every classical form draws. It is the authority a dance must trace itself to in order to be counted classical.
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Who among the following invented Zero?
Answer: D
It was an unknown Indian.
The Bakhshali manuscript and the Gwalior inscription of 876 show zero as a place-holder and a number, but no individual can be credited with it. Brahmagupta first set out its arithmetic in 628; Aryabhata used the place-value system without a symbol for zero.
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The Central Institute of Buddhist Studies is located in
Answer: C
It is in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Central Institute of Buddhist Studies at Choglamsar near Leh was founded in 1959 to preserve Buddhist learning and the Ladakhi language, and is a deemed university.
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Consider the following:
1. Mahavir Jayanti
2. Buddha Purnima
3. Guru Nank Jayanti
Which among the following may fall in the same months of the Gregorian calendar?
Answer: A
1 and 2 may fall in the same Gregorian month.
Mahavir Jayanti falls in March or April and Buddha Purnima in April or May, so both can fall in April. Guru Nanak Jayanti falls in November.
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