Thumri Singer Girija Devi belongs to which among the following Gharanas?
Answer: A
She belonged to the Banaras gharana.
Girija Devi, called Appaji, was the leading exponent of purab ang thumri, and worked to raise the semi-classical forms - thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti - to concert standing.
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According to the beliefs of the Pasupata sect, Siva is the lord of Pasu. Pasu here refers to __?
Answer: D
Pashu here means jiva, the individual soul.
In Pashupata doctrine Shiva is Pati, the lord; the bound soul is pashu, the beast; and pasha is the fetter of ignorance and karma that binds it. Release consists in the soul's union with the lord.
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'Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was written by
Answer: B
It was written by Bharata Muni.
The Natyashastra, composed between about 200 BCE and 200 CE, treats drama, dance and music together, and sets out the theory of rasa and the classification of gestures on which all the classical dance forms rest. Abhinavagupta wrote its great commentary.
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In Pali texts, who among the following is referred to as Nigantha Nataputta?
Answer: B
It refers to Mahavira.
Nigantha Nataputta is the Pali name for the leader of the Jains - nigantha meaning free of bonds, and Nataputta the son of the Jnatrika clan. The Buddhist texts name him among the six heterodox teachers of the Buddha's time.
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With which of the following states of India is the Garba dance associated
Answer: A
It is Garba.
Danced in concentric circles around a perforated earthen lamp, the garbo, during Navratri, it honours the goddess. Nautanki belongs to the Hindi belt, Kathakali to Kerala and Bhangra to Punjab.
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The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
Answer: B
The ratio is 2:3.
The Flag Code fixes the width to length ratio of the national flag at two to three. The Ashoka Chakra at the centre has 24 spokes and its diameter equals the width of the white band.
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Which Indian Academy is promoting dance, drama and music?
Answer: D
It is the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Established in 1953, it is the national academy for music, dance and drama, and its recognition is what defines a dance form as classical. Literature belongs to the Sahitya Akademi and the visual arts to the Lalit Kala Akademi.
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Sayana, an important commentator on Vedas was associated with which among the following empires?
Answer: B
He was associated with the Vijayanagara empire.
Sayana was a minister under Bukka I and Harihara II in the fourteenth century, and with his brother Madhava produced the standard commentary on all four Vedas - still the basis of most translations.
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First Jnanpith Award winner was from which of the following states?
Answer: B
The first winner was from Kerala.
G. Sankara Kurup received the first Jnanpith Award in 1965 for the Malayalam poem Odakkuzhal, 'The Bamboo Flute'.
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Which among the following is the hallmark feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture?
Answer: C
It is the vimana.
In the Dravida style the tower over the sanctum rises in receding storeys to a domed finial. The gopurams over the enclosure gateways came later and eventually grew taller than the vimana, but the vimana is the defining element.
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