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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Who had introduced Police system in India?
Answer: D
It was Lord Cornwallis.
He reorganised the police in Bengal in 1793, dividing the districts into thanas of about 400 square miles under a daroga and taking policing away from the zamindars. He is also remembered for the Permanent Settlement and the separation of revenue from judicial functions.
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Which of the following Raga is sung early in the morning?
Answer: A
It is Todi.
Miyan ki Todi belongs to the late morning, roughly the second prahar. Darbari is a late-night raga, Malhar belongs to the monsoon and Bhopali to the early evening.
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__________ is the traditional form of Rangoli practised in the state of Uttarakhand.
Answer: B
It is Aipan.
Aipan is the Kumaoni floor and wall art of Uttarakhand, drawn in white rice paste on a ground of red ochre, its patterns of dots and lines used at festivals and rites of passage.
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Aripana, an art form of Rangoli is practised in which state?
Answer: C
It is practised in Bihar.
Aripana is the Maithil floor art of Bihar, drawn with rice paste at festivals and ceremonies. The name derives from the Sanskrit alepana, meaning to smear.
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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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Which of the raga is not composed by Tansen?
Answer: A
Bhairav is not his.
Bhairav is one of the oldest ragas in the Hindustani tradition, long predating the sixteenth century. Deepak, Darbari Todi and Miyan ki Malhar are all ascribed to Tansen, the last two named after him - Miyan being Akbar's title for him.
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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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Badaam Halwa is a popular __________ dish
Answer: C
It is a Mughlai dish.
Badam halwa is made by grinding blanched almonds and cooking them slowly in ghee with sugar, milk and saffron until the mixture leaves the pan - the rich, nut-based sweet characteristic of Mughlai cooking.
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Which dish is one of the popular dishes of Kashmir?
Answer: B
It is dum aloo.
Kashmiri dum aloo takes small potatoes fried whole and then simmered in a yoghurt gravy coloured with Kashmiri chilli and flavoured with fennel and dry ginger, sealed and cooked on a low fire - the dum method that names it. It uses no onion or garlic.
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