Which classical dance form is famous in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: C
It is Bharatanatyam.
It is the classical dance of Tamil Nadu, marked by the araimandi half-sitting stance, geometric lines and a recital order running from alarippu to tillana.
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Mattur Village, whose inhabitants are known to speak Sanskrit Language is located in which among the following states of India?
Answer: B
It is in Karnataka.
Mattur, near Shivamogga on the Tunga, is known for households that use Sanskrit in daily conversation, a practice revived from the 1980s.
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Which among the following is the oldest surviving rock-cut cave in India ?
Answer: D
The Barabar Caves are the oldest.
Cut into granite in Jehanabad district of Bihar in the third century BC under Ashoka, they were given to the Ajivika sect. Their polished interiors produce a remarkable echo, and they suggested the Marabar caves of E.M. Forster's A Passage to India.
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Number of asanas in surya namaskar process are
Answer: C
There are twelve.
The Surya Namaskar cycle runs through twelve postures, from pranamasana through hasta uttanasana, padahastasana, ashwa sanchalanasana, dandasana, ashtanga namaskara, bhujangasana and adho mukha svanasana and back, one round covering the sequence forward and in reverse.
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’Puttaraj Samman’ is given for outstanding work in the field of __?
Answer: A
It is given for music.
The Puttaraj Samman commemorates Pandit Puttaraj Gawai, the blind Hindustani musician and teacher of Gadag in Karnataka, who taught thousands of students free of charge.
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Satipati Sampradaya is a tribal community of ____:
Answer: B
It is of Gujarat.
The Satipati Sampradaya is followed by tribal communities of the Tapi, Narmada and Dang districts of south Gujarat and adjoining Maharashtra. Its adherents refuse government schemes, schooling and even elections, holding that the land belongs to no state.
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Which among the following was the work of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq?
Answer: A
It was Futuhat-i-Firozshahi.
Firoz Shah Tughlaq wrote this short memoir himself, listing his reforms - the abolition of torture, the digging of canals, the founding of hospitals - and the taxes he had remitted. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi is by Barani and Afif.
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In which of the following states of India, Yakshagana, a dance drama is popular
Answer: B
Yakshagana is popular in Karnataka.
A dance drama of coastal Karnataka, it combines dance, song, spoken dialogue and elaborate painted headgear, and traditionally runs from dusk to dawn on stories from the epics and Puranas.
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Which example of twelfth-century Chalukyan temple art is an exception to the rule that such temples face east, this one facing west?
Answer: B
It is the Siddhesvara Temple at Haveri.
Chalukyan temples generally face east towards the rising sun; the Siddhesvara at Haveri in Karnataka faces west, an exception among twelfth-century temples of the school.
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Which of the following is not a variety of mango?
Answer: D
Red Dacca is not.
It is a variety of banana, grown in Australia. Banganapalle of Andhra Pradesh, Alphonso of the Konkan and Sindhoora of Karnataka are all mangoes; Banganapalle and Alphonso carry GI tags.
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