The Central Institute of Indian Languages is located at
Answer: B
It is at Mysore.
The Central Institute of Indian Languages, founded in 1969, coordinates the development of Indian languages, trains teachers of them, and works particularly on the smaller and tribal languages.
Please log in or register to report this question.
The Nuakhai festival is predominantly observed in which state?
Answer: B
It is observed in Odisha.
Nuakhai is the harvest festival of western Odisha, kept the day after Ganesh Chaturthi, when the season's new rice is first offered to the presiding deity - Samaleswari at Sambalpur - and then eaten.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Which devotional saint was cobbler by profession?
Answer: B
It was Raidas.
Ravidas of Varanasi worked as a cobbler and never left the trade, taking it as proof that devotion needs no change of birth or calling. Tulsidas was a Brahmin and Surdas a blind singer of Krishna.
Please log in or register to report this question.
The word Chenrezig in the Tibetan Buddhism refers to which among the following Bodhisatvas ?
Answer: A
Chenrezig is Avalokiteshvara.
He is the bodhisattva of compassion, of whom the Dalai Lamas are held to be emanations, and the mantra om mani padme hum is addressed to him.
Please log in or register to report this question.
What is the number of letters in Sanskrit Alphabet?
Answer: C
There are 54.
The Sanskrit alphabet is usually counted as fourteen vowels and thirty-three consonants, with anusvara and visarga, giving the traditional figure. Being an alphasyllabary, it is arranged by the place of articulation in the mouth, from the throat forward.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Where is located the headquarters of the North East Zone Cultural Centre ?
Answer: D
It is at Dimapur.
The North East Zone Cultural Centre, set up in 1985 in Nagaland, is one of seven zonal centres under the Ministry of Culture, and covers the eight north-eastern states.
Please log in or register to report this question.
In which of the following state in India are found the earliest known temples of Gupta Period in Good shape?
Answer: C
They are in Madhya Pradesh.
The temple at Sanchi and the Dashavatara temple at Deogarh are among the earliest Gupta temples surviving in good condition. They mark the beginning of the free-standing stone temple with a flat roof and a small sanctum.
Please log in or register to report this question.
The famous song ‘Saare Jaha se Achha’ is composed by ___________
Answer: C
It was Muhammad Iqbal.
Saare Jahan Se Achha, properly Tarana-e-Hindi, was published in 1904 and became one of the best-known patriotic songs of the freedom movement.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Sattriya dance, which is one of the eight principal classical Indian dance traditions is from which of the following states?
Answer: D
Sattriya is from Assam.
It was created in the fifteenth century by the Vaishnava saint Sankaradeva as part of the devotional drama of the sattras, the monasteries of the Brahmaputra valley. It was recognised as a classical dance form in 2000.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?
Answer: D
It is the Tolkappiyam.
The oldest surviving Tamil work, it treats not only grammar and phonology but also poetics and the conventions of love and war poetry - the akam and puram divisions that govern Sangam literature.
Please log in or register to report this question.
