Which of the following temple in India was called as “The Black Pagoda” by the Europeans?
Answer: C
It is the Konark Sun Temple.
European sailors used it as a landmark and called it the Black Pagoda, for the dark colour of its stone, distinguishing it from the White Pagoda, the Jagannath temple at Puri.
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Which among the following is not correctly matched?
Answer: D
All are correct.
The Aga Khan Palace at Pune is where Gandhi and Kasturba were interned in 1942; Bharat Bhavan at Bhopal is the multi-arts centre designed by Charles Correa; and the Akal Takht at Amritsar, founded by Guru Hargobind, is the highest seat of Sikh temporal authority.
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In which of the famous temple of Tamil Nadu, Shiva is worshipped as “Natraja”?
Answer: C
It is at Chidambaram.
The Thillai Nataraja temple is where Shiva is worshipped as the cosmic dancer, and it is one of the five elemental temples, representing space or ether. The sanctum's Chidambara Rahasya is an empty space behind a curtain.
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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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How often and where is the Kumbh Mela held in India?
Answer: B
It is held every twelve years at four locations.
The sites are Haridwar, Prayagraj, Nashik and Ujjain, each taking its turn as the sun and Jupiter reach particular positions. An Ardh Kumbh falls halfway between at Haridwar and Prayagraj.
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Which of the following city of Punjab was known as Ramdaspur?
Answer: B
It was Amritsar.
Guru Ram Das founded the settlement about 1577 and it was called Ramdaspur after him. It took its present name from the Amrit Sarovar, the pool of nectar around which the Golden Temple stands.
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Which imaginary place is used in R.K. Narayan’s stories?
Answer: D
It is Malgudi.
R. K. Narayan set almost all his fiction in the invented south Indian town, from Swami and Friends in 1935 onward, giving it a river, a school, a printing press and Mempi forest - consistent across a dozen novels.
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The book of Parsis is
Answer: C
It is the Zend Avesta.
The Avesta is the Zoroastrian scripture, and Zend properly means the commentary on it, though the pair is commonly used as one name. Its oldest part, the Gathas, is ascribed to Zarathustra himself.
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In field of Music, which among the following state Governments gives Tana Riri Award every year?
Answer: C
Gujarat gives it.
The Tana Riri Award commemorates two sisters of Vadnagar who are said to have cured Tansen of the fever brought on by singing Raga Deepak, by singing Raga Malhar. It is given annually for Indian classical music.
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