Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
Answer: B
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 following places represent the contemporary 4 Dhamas of Hindu Pilgrimage in India?
Answer: D
They are Badrinath, Rameswaram, Puri and Dwarka.
Adi Shankara is traditionally credited with establishing these four as the Char Dham, one in each direction of the country. The Chhota Char Dham of Uttarakhand - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri - is a separate circuit.
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“Black Pagoda” is located in which state?
Answer: C
It is in Odisha.
European sailors called the Konark sun temple the Black Pagoda, both for the dark colour of its stone and because it served as a landmark distinct from the white-plastered Jagannath temple at Puri, which they called the White Pagoda.
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Bohag Bihu is a festival in North East India, mainly in the state of ____?
Answer: A
It is mainly a festival of Assam.
Bohag Bihu, or Rongali Bihu, marks the Assamese new year in mid-April and the beginning of the sowing season, and is celebrated with the husori and the Bihu dance. Two other Bihus fall in October and January.
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Singhey Khababs Festival is celebrated in which among the following states of India?
Answer: B
It is celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir.
The festival at Leh in Ladakh honours the Indus, whose Tibetan name Singhe-Khabab means 'coming from the lion's mouth'. It was earlier called the Sindhu Darshan festival.
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___________ is classical dance form of Uttar Pradesh.
Answer: B
It is Kathak.
Kathak takes its name from the kathakas, the storytellers of the Gangetic plain, and its Lucknow and Banaras gharanas are in Uttar Pradesh. Kathakali and Mohiniyattam are Keralan, Kuchipudi from Andhra.
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In which of the following fields Vyas Samman is given?
Answer: B
It is given in literature.
The Vyas Samman, instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991, honours an outstanding literary work in Hindi published in the previous ten years.
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Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
Answer: A
It is Lucknow.
Chikankari is white shadow-work embroidery on fine muslin, said to have been introduced by Nur Jahan. It uses some thirty stitches, of which bakhiya, the herringbone worked from the reverse, gives the characteristic shadow. It holds a GI tag.
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Which one is not a harvest festival in india
Answer: D
Holi is not.
Holi marks the coming of spring and the burning of Holika, not a harvest. Onam follows the Kerala rice harvest, Lohri the Punjabi rabi crop, and Ugadi opens the new year with the first fruits of the season.
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Which among the following is the most famous Bronze Image of Chola Period?
Answer: B
It is the Nataraja.
The Chola bronze of Shiva dancing within a ring of flame, one foot on the demon of ignorance, is the most celebrated Indian sculpture of any period. It was cast by the lost-wax process, and a copy stands outside CERN.
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