“Temple of the Emerald Buddha” is located in which country?
Answer: D
It is in Thailand.
Wat Phra Kaew stands within the Grand Palace at Bangkok and houses the Emerald Buddha, a figure of jade about 66 cm high, whose robes the king changes with the seasons. It is the most sacred temple in the country.
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The Angkor Vat Temple at Cambodia is devoted to which of the following deity?
Answer: C
It is dedicated to Vishnu.
Suryavarman II built Angkor Wat in the twelfth century as a Vaishnavite temple, unusually facing west, and it became Buddhist by the end of that century. It is the largest religious monument in the world and appears on Cambodia's flag.
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Which is the folk dance of Andhra Pradesh?
Answer: A
It is Kolattam.
Kolattam is danced in Andhra Pradesh with a pair of short sticks struck in rhythm, often in the form of Pinnal Kolattam, where ropes hung from a pole are plaited and unplaited by the dancers. Karakattam is Tamil, Lavani Marathi.
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This 150-year-old temple is situated at Kavi Kamboi in Gujarat, flanked by the Arabian Sea on one side and the Gulf of Cambay on the other. Its Shivalinga disappears under the tide twice a day and reappears when the water recedes. Which temple is it?
Answer: B
It is the Stambheshwar Mahadev temple.
The shrine at Kavi Kamboi in Vadodara district disappears completely under the tide twice each day and re-emerges when the water withdraws, so worship follows the tide table. Somnath, Dwarkadhish and Nageshwar are elsewhere on the Gujarat coast.
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In which among the following states, the people following Baul tradition are found?
Answer: A
They are found in West Bengal.
The Bauls are wandering minstrels of Bengal, drawing on Sahajiya Vaishnavism and Sufism, who sing of the man of the heart with the ektara and dugi. UNESCO listed their tradition as intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
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Which among the following is the main feature of Dravida Style of Temple architecture?
Answer: C
The main feature is the vimana.
In the Dravida style the tower rises over the sanctum in receding storeys to a domed finial, unlike the curving northern shikhara. The gopurams over the gateways came later and grew taller than the vimana itself.
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Kalady in Ernakulam district of Kerala is a birth place of which of the following ?
Answer: A
It is the birthplace of Adi Shankara.
Kalady on the Periyar was where the eighth-century philosopher of Advaita Vedanta was born. He travelled across India in a short life of thirty-two years and founded the four mathas at Sringeri, Puri, Dwarka and Jyotirmath.
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In the Indian mythology, who sung Shiva Tandava Stotra?
Answer: A
Ravana sang it.
The Shiva Tandava Stotra is traditionally ascribed to Ravana, who is said to have composed it in praise of Shiva when trapped beneath Mount Kailash. Its rapid metre imitates the tandava, Shiva's dance.
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Which among the following place is not associated with Jain Temples?
Answer: D
Ratnagiri is not a Jain site.
It is a Buddhist monastic complex in Jajpur district of Odisha, part of the Diamond Triangle with Lalitgiri and Udayagiri. Shravanabelagola, Palitana and Khandagiri are all Jain centres.
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Kathakali dance is a combination of -------- many elements of fine art
Answer: C
It combines five.
Kathakali brings together natyam the acting, nritham the dance, nrithyam the mime, geetham the song and vadyam the instrumental music - the five elements that make it a complete dance-drama rather than a dance alone.
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