What is the number of letters in Sanskrit Alphabet?
Answer: C
There are 54.
The Sanskrit alphabet is usually counted as fourteen vowels and thirty-three consonants, with anusvara and visarga, giving the traditional figure. Being an alphasyllabary, it is arranged by the place of articulation in the mouth, from the throat forward.
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Where is located the headquarters of the North East Zone Cultural Centre ?
Answer: D
It is at Dimapur.
The North East Zone Cultural Centre, set up in 1985 in Nagaland, is one of seven zonal centres under the Ministry of Culture, and covers the eight north-eastern states.
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In which of the following state in India are found the earliest known temples of Gupta Period in Good shape?
Answer: C
They are in Madhya Pradesh.
The temple at Sanchi and the Dashavatara temple at Deogarh are among the earliest Gupta temples surviving in good condition. They mark the beginning of the free-standing stone temple with a flat roof and a small sanctum.
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The famous song ‘Saare Jaha se Achha’ is composed by ___________
Answer: C
It was Muhammad Iqbal.
Saare Jahan Se Achha, properly Tarana-e-Hindi, was published in 1904 and became one of the best-known patriotic songs of the freedom movement.
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Sattriya dance, which is one of the eight principal classical Indian dance traditions is from which of the following states?
Answer: D
Sattriya is from Assam.
It was created in the fifteenth century by the Vaishnava saint Sankaradeva as part of the devotional drama of the sattras, the monasteries of the Brahmaputra valley. It was recognised as a classical dance form in 2000.
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Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?
Answer: D
It is the Tolkappiyam.
The oldest surviving Tamil work, it treats not only grammar and phonology but also poetics and the conventions of love and war poetry - the akam and puram divisions that govern Sangam literature.
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In which of the following city Elephant festival is celebrated annually?
Answer: A
It is held at Jaipur.
The Elephant Festival takes place on the eve of Holi, with decorated elephants, processions and a tug of war. Concern for animal welfare has curtailed it in recent years.
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The terms Udara, Mudara and Tara are related to which among the following as per the ancient Indian texts?
Answer: C
They relate to music.
Mandra, madhya and tara are the lower, middle and upper octaves of the Indian musical scale, the ranges within which a singer or instrument moves.
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site of the Palaeolithic period. It is located in which state?
Answer: B
It is in Madhya Pradesh.
The Bhimbetka shelters lie in the Raisen district, in the foothills of the Vindhyas. Their paintings run from the Mesolithic to the historic period, and the site has been a World Heritage Site since 2003.
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Bageshwari Qamar is India’s first and only (possibly) woman player of which of the following music instruments?
Answer: B
She plays the shehnai.
Bageshwari Qamar of Bihar is regarded as India's first and possibly only professional woman shehnai player, in a tradition long confined to men.
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