Which state of India is associated with the Folk Dance Teratali?
Answer: B
Terah Taali belongs to Rajasthan.
Women of the Kamad community perform it seated, striking thirteen small brass cymbals tied to their limbs, in devotion to the folk deity Ramdev.
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Watson’s Hotel or Esplanade Mansion, which is India’s oldest surviving cast Iron Building is located in which of the following cities?
Answer: A
It is in Mumbai.
Watson's Hotel, later Esplanade Mansion, was built in the Kala Ghoda area between 1867 and 1869 from cast iron shipped in from England, and is India's oldest surviving cast-iron building. The Lumiere brothers gave India's first film show there in 1896.
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”Donyi Polo” is a religion / tradition followed by some tribals of which among the following states?
Answer: B
It is followed in Arunachal Pradesh.
Donyi-Polo means sun and moon, worshipped as the supreme principle by the Tani tribes - Nyishi, Adi, Apatani and others. It was formalised as a religion in the twentieth century in response to conversion.
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Which among the following is NOT in Maharashtra?
Answer: B
The Bagh Caves are not in Maharashtra.
They are in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, and hold Buddhist murals of the fifth and sixth centuries comparable with Ajanta's. Bhaja, Bedsa and Ellora are all in Maharashtra.
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Dalai lamas are considered reincarnations of which of the following?
Answer: A
They are held to be reincarnations of Avalokiteshvara.
The bodhisattva of compassion, called Chenrezig in Tibetan, is regarded as the patron of Tibet, and each Dalai Lama is understood to be his emanation, recognised as a child by signs and tests.
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Which among the following is the correct description of Nagara , Dravida and Vesara?
Answer: C
They are the three main styles of Indian temple architecture.
Nagara is the northern style with a curvilinear shikhara; Dravida the southern, with a stepped pyramidal vimana and gopurams; Vesara the hybrid of the Deccan, developed by the Chalukyas and Hoysalas.
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“Black Pagoda” is located in which state?
Answer: C
It is in Odisha.
European sailors called the Konark sun temple the Black Pagoda, both for the dark colour of its stone and because it served as a landmark distinct from the white-plastered Jagannath temple at Puri, which they called the White Pagoda.
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Rajarajesvaram temple, which was built exactly 1,000 years ago by emperor Rajaraja Chola I, the greatest monarch of the Chola dynasty in 1010 is devoted to which of the following deities?
Answer: C
It is dedicated to Shiva.
The Brihadeeswarar or Rajarajesvaram temple at Thanjavur, completed in 1010, has a vimana rising 66 m and a monolithic Nandi at its entrance. It is one of the Great Living Chola Temples inscribed by UNESCO.
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Consider the following matches:
1. Khudabaksh Oriental Library
2. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
3. Indira Gandhi Rastriya Manav sangrahalaya
The states in which the above are located are as follows:
Answer: B
They are in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library is at Patna, holding rare Persian and Arabic manuscripts; the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is at Dharamsala; and the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, the national museum of mankind, is at Bhopal.
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The Central Institute of Buddhist Studies is located in
Answer: C
It is in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Central Institute of Buddhist Studies at Choglamsar near Leh was founded in 1959 to preserve Buddhist learning and the Ladakhi language, and is a deemed university.
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