Which among the following current states of India was known as Pragjyotisha in ancient time?
Answer: B
It was Assam.
Pragjyotisha, meaning the city of eastern light, was the ancient name of the kingdom in the Brahmaputra valley, with its capital at Pragjyotishpura, the modern Guwahati. It appears in the Mahabharata as the realm of Bhagadatta.
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Which form of Hindustani Classical music Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is famous for?
Answer: D
He was famous for khayal.
Bhimsen Joshi of the Kirana gharana was the foremost khayal singer of his time, known for his breath control and expansive vilambit development. He also sang bhajans and abhangs, and received the Bharat Ratna in 2008.
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The Muslim festival ‘Barawafat’, where the word ‘barah’ stands for the twelve days of the Prophet’s sickness, refers to which among the following events of life of Prophet Mohammad?
Answer: A
It refers to the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
Barawafat falls on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, which is observed as both his birth and his death anniversary; barah means twelve, for the twelve days of his final illness, and wafat means passing.
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Boat race is part of which of the following festival?
Answer: B
It belongs to Onam.
Kerala's snake-boat races are rowed during the Onam season on the backwaters, the best known being the Nehru Trophy at Alappuzha, first held in 1952.
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Famous enigmatic Trimurty Sadasiva is located at:
Answer: B
It is at Elephanta.
The Trimurti Sadashiva, a three-headed bust of Shiva nearly six metres high, dominates the main cave on Gharapuri island near Mumbai. The three faces are read as the creative, the preserving and the destroying aspects.
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Which of the following is a form of rangoli made with coarse rice flour?
Answer: B
It is kolam.
The Tamil kolam is drawn each morning at the threshold with coarse rice flour held between the fingers, so that ants and birds may feed on it - the giving being part of the practice. Aripana and alpana use rice paste instead.
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The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is associated with which one of the following cities?
Answer: D
It is associated with Mumbai.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival has been held every February since 1999 in the heritage precinct of that name in south Mumbai, and covers visual art, music, theatre, literature and film.
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“For the next fifty years let Mother India be the only god to be worshipped by Indians.” Who said this?
Answer: D
Swami Vivekananda said it.
He urged Indians to set aside the multiplicity of gods for a time and serve the nation and its poor instead - the practical Vedanta he preached after returning from Chicago in 1897.
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One of the incarnations of Vishnu is represented in art as raising the Earth from the Ocean. Identify Him from the given options:
Answer: B
It is Varaha.
The boar incarnation of Vishnu lifts the earth, personified as Bhudevi, from the cosmic ocean where the demon Hiranyaksha had dragged her. The great relief at Udayagiri in Madhya Pradesh, of about 400, is the classic representation.
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The famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated in which of the following States of India?
Answer: A
The Hornbill Festival is held in Nagaland.
Held at Kisama near Kohima each December since 2000, it brings together all the state's major tribes and is called the festival of festivals. It is named after the hornbill, which figures in the folklore of most of them.
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