Classical Dance After Independence Questions and Answers

Q: Match the following :List - IList - IIa. Mallika Sarabhaii. Chhaub. Gopal Dubeyii. Peter Brookc. Yamunabai Waikariii. Odissid. Minati Mishraiv. LavniCodes : a b c d

The correct code is a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii.Mallika Sarabhai worked with Peter Brook, in his Mahabharata (a with ii). Gopal Dubey is a noted exponent of Chhau (b with i). Yamunabai Waikar was a famous Lavni singer and dancer (c with iv), and Minati Mishra was a well-known Odissi dancer (d with iii).Options (A), (B) and (D) each pair at least one of these artists with another art form, so only option (C) is right. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

Q: Match the following :List - IList - IIa. Attendancei. Dance dressb. Nataraniii. Journalc. Natyakalaiii. Theatred. Dawaniiv. ConferenceCodes : a b c d

The correct code is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i.Attendance is a dance journal (ii), Natarani is a theatre (iii), Natyakala is a conference (iv), and Dawani is a dance dress (i), the half-sari of South India. That is option (A), the keyed answer.The other codes give the dress to Natarani or Attendance, or the journal to Dawani, so they do not agree with the key. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

Q: Match the following :List - IList - IIa. Dialogue in Dancei. Viswa Kalabharatib. Shambhu Hegdeii. The Dhananjayansc. Surupa Seniii. Yakshaganad. Malvika Surakaiiv. Nritya ChoodamaniCodes : a b c d

The correct code is a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv.The Dhananjayans are a pair of dancers who worked on dialogue in dance (a with ii). Shambhu Hegde is a leading figure in Yakshagana (b with iii). Surupa Sen is linked with Viswa Kalabharati (c with i), and Malvika Sarukkai holds the title Nritya Choodamani (d with iv).Options (A), (B) and (C) misplace Yakshagana or one of the other names, so only option (D) is right. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

Q: Pick the odd one out : The classical dancers who have choreographed in TV and films.

Vaibhavi Merchant is the odd one out.Kumudini Lakhia, Birju Maharaj and Parul Shah are known as classical (Kathak) dancers and choreographers who have also worked in films and television.Vaibhavi Merchant is known mainly as a choreographer of film and television dance, so the key takes her as the one who does not belong to the group of classical dancers. In an odd-one-out question the test is to find what the other three share and then name the item that lacks it, which is how the key was fixed.

Q: Match the following :List - IList - IIa. Attakalari Centre for Movementi. Ahmedabadb. Bruhan Natyanjali Festivalii. Chennaic. Saptak Festivaliii. Bangalurud. The Music Akademyiv. ThanjavurCodes : a b c d

The correct code is a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii.The Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts is in Bengaluru (a with iii). The Brihan Natyanjali festival is held at Thanjavur (b with iv). The Saptak festival is in Ahmedabad (c with i), and the Music Academy is in Chennai (d with ii).Option (A) gives Chennai twice, and options (B) and (C) give Ahmedabad or Chennai to the wrong body, so only option (D) is correct. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

Q: Which are the dance reality programs on TV ?

All of them are dance reality programmes on television.Dance India Dance, Zalak Dikhhla Jaa and Taka Dhimi Ta were each a television dance programme in which contestants performed and were judged, so every one of the first three options is correct.Because the three together make the answer, the option reading all of above is right and the single names are only part of it. None of the three names is a false programme, so no single one can be taken as the whole answer.

Q: Who is not a dancer ?

Sadhana Shidasani is not a dancer.Ravikant Mahapatra (Odissi), Geetanjali Lal (Kathak) and Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatanatyam) are dancers of the classical styles.Sadhana Shivdasani is the name of a film actress, and the key marks her as the one who is not a dancer. In an odd-one-out question the test is to find what the other three share and then name the item that lacks it, which is how the key was fixed.

31.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
a. Mallika Sarabhai	i. Chhau
b. Gopal Dubey	ii. Peter Brook
c. Yamunabai Waikar	iii. Odissi
d. Minati Mishra	iv. Lavni

Codes : a b c d

A.iii i ii iv
B.ii iv i iii
C.ii i iv iii
D.i iii iv i

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The correct code is a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii.

Mallika Sarabhai worked with Peter Brook, in his Mahabharata (a with ii). Gopal Dubey is a noted exponent of Chhau (b with i). Yamunabai Waikar was a famous Lavni singer and dancer (c with iv), and Minati Mishra was a well-known Odissi dancer (d with iii).

Options (A), (B) and (D) each pair at least one of these artists with another art form, so only option (C) is right. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

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32.

Who was conferred the 2012 Padma Vibhushan ?

A.Buddhadev Dasgupta
B.Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar
C.Pt. Birju Maharaj
D.Dr. Bhupen Hajarika

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was conferred the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.

The 2012 Padma Vibhushan list had five names, among them the Assamese singer and composer Bhupen Hazarika, who received it after his death in 2011.

Buddhadev Dasgupta, Prof. C. V. Chandrasekhar and Pt. Birju Maharaj are not on that list of five, so they are not the answer.

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33.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
a. Attendance	i. Dance dress
b. Natarani	ii. Journal
c. Natyakala	iii. Theatre
d. Dawani	iv. Conference

Codes : a b c d

A.ii iii iv i
B.iii ii iv i
C.ii iv i iii
D.iv iii ii i

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The correct code is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i.

Attendance is a dance journal (ii), Natarani is a theatre (iii), Natyakala is a conference (iv), and Dawani is a dance dress (i), the half-sari of South India. That is option (A), the keyed answer.

The other codes give the dress to Natarani or Attendance, or the journal to Dawani, so they do not agree with the key. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

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34.

Pick the correct one out : In recent years, some of the Indian choreographers have extensively used.

A.African drums
B.Bollywood music
C.Sounds of sea
D.Sufi music

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

Indian choreographers have in recent years used Sufi music extensively.

Sufi poetry and music have been taken up by many classical and contemporary dancers, in Kathak above all, for their devotional and spiritual themes.

African drums, Bollywood music and the sounds of the sea have not been so widely used, and so the key picks Sufi music. The fashion for Sufi poetry and music in dance has been marked in the last decade in programmes by many leading choreographers.

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35.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
a. Dialogue in Dance	i. Viswa Kalabharati
b. Shambhu Hegde	ii. The Dhananjayans
c. Surupa Sen	iii. Yakshagana
d. Malvika Surakai	iv. Nritya Choodamani

Codes : a b c d

A.ii iv iii i
B.i iv iii ii
C.ii iii iv i
D.ii iii i iv

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The correct code is a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv.

The Dhananjayans are a pair of dancers who worked on dialogue in dance (a with ii). Shambhu Hegde is a leading figure in Yakshagana (b with iii). Surupa Sen is linked with Viswa Kalabharati (c with i), and Malvika Sarukkai holds the title Nritya Choodamani (d with iv).

Options (A), (B) and (C) misplace Yakshagana or one of the other names, so only option (D) is right. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

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36.

Pick the odd one out : The classical dancers who have choreographed in TV and films.

A.Kumudini Lakhia
B.Birju Maharaj
C.Vaibhavi Merchant
D.Parul Shah

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

Vaibhavi Merchant is the odd one out.

Kumudini Lakhia, Birju Maharaj and Parul Shah are known as classical (Kathak) dancers and choreographers who have also worked in films and television.

Vaibhavi Merchant is known mainly as a choreographer of film and television dance, so the key takes her as the one who does not belong to the group of classical dancers. In an odd-one-out question the test is to find what the other three share and then name the item that lacks it, which is how the key was fixed.

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37.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
a. Attakalari Centre for Movement	i. Ahmedabad
b. Bruhan Natyanjali Festival	ii. Chennai
c. Saptak Festival	iii. Bangaluru
d. The Music Akademy	iv. Thanjavur

Codes : a b c d

A.i ii iv ii
B.ii iv iii i
C.iv iii i ii
D.iii iv i ii

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The correct code is a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii.

The Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts is in Bengaluru (a with iii). The Brihan Natyanjali festival is held at Thanjavur (b with iv). The Saptak festival is in Ahmedabad (c with i), and the Music Academy is in Chennai (d with ii).

Option (A) gives Chennai twice, and options (B) and (C) give Ahmedabad or Chennai to the wrong body, so only option (D) is correct. A quick way to work a matching question is to fix the one or two pairs you are surest of and then drop every code that contradicts them; the keyed code is the only one left.

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38.

Who performed Bindadin Maharaj Thumari in films ?

A.Rekha
B.Madhuri Dikshit
C.Mina Kumari
D.Waheeda Rehman

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Madhuri Dixit performed the Bindadin Maharaj thumri in films.

In the film Devdas (2002) Madhuri Dixit danced to the thumri Kahe chhed mohe, a composition of the Kathak maestro Bindadin Maharaj, which is the film performance the question refers to.

Rekha, Meena Kumari and Waheeda Rehman are not the performers named by the key. The song became one of the best known thumri performances in the cinema of the early 2000s.

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39.

Which are the dance reality programs on TV ?

A.Dance India Dance
B.Zalak Dikhalaji
C.Taka Dhimi Ta
D.All of above

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

All of them are dance reality programmes on television.

Dance India Dance, Zalak Dikhhla Jaa and Taka Dhimi Ta were each a television dance programme in which contestants performed and were judged, so every one of the first three options is correct.

Because the three together make the answer, the option reading all of above is right and the single names are only part of it. None of the three names is a false programme, so no single one can be taken as the whole answer.

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40.

Who is not a dancer ?

A.Ravikant Mahapatra
B.Geetanjali Lal
C.Sadhana Shidasani
D.Rama Vaidyanathan

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

Sadhana Shidasani is not a dancer.

Ravikant Mahapatra (Odissi), Geetanjali Lal (Kathak) and Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatanatyam) are dancers of the classical styles.

Sadhana Shivdasani is the name of a film actress, and the key marks her as the one who is not a dancer. In an odd-one-out question the test is to find what the other three share and then name the item that lacks it, which is how the key was fixed.

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