In which of the following city Elephant festival is celebrated annually?
Answer: A
It is held at Jaipur.
The Elephant Festival takes place on the eve of Holi, with decorated elephants, processions and a tug of war. Concern for animal welfare has curtailed it in recent years.
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The terms Udara, Mudara and Tara are related to which among the following as per the ancient Indian texts?
Answer: C
They relate to music.
Mandra, madhya and tara are the lower, middle and upper octaves of the Indian musical scale, the ranges within which a singer or instrument moves.
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site of the Palaeolithic period. It is located in which state?
Answer: B
It is in Madhya Pradesh.
The Bhimbetka shelters lie in the Raisen district, in the foothills of the Vindhyas. Their paintings run from the Mesolithic to the historic period, and the site has been a World Heritage Site since 2003.
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Bageshwari Qamar is India’s first and only (possibly) woman player of which of the following music instruments?
Answer: B
She plays the shehnai.
Bageshwari Qamar of Bihar is regarded as India's first and possibly only professional woman shehnai player, in a tradition long confined to men.
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Shaphee Lanphee, a traditional textile fabric, is a GI product from which of the following states?
Answer: B
It is from Manipur.
Shaphee Lanphee is the embroidered cloth of the Meitei, presented as a mark of honour to warriors and distinguished men. It received a GI tag in 2014.
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Kambala Sport is held in which state?
Answer: A
It is held in Karnataka.
Kambala is the buffalo race of coastal Karnataka, run in a pair of flooded paddy tracks in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi from November to March. It was banned in 2014 and restored by state legislation in 2017.
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Dalai Lama is the temporal head of which among the following subschools of Tibetan Buddhism?
Answer: D
He heads the Gelugpa.
The Gelug or Yellow Hat school was founded by Tsongkhapa about 1400 and became the dominant order in Tibet. The Dalai Lama is its temporal head; the Ganden Tripa is its spiritual head.
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‘Panchatantra’ is originally written by _____________.
Answer: B
It was Vishnu Sharma.
He is said to have composed the Panchatantra in Sanskrit to teach statecraft to three dull princes, using animal fables arranged in five books. It travelled through Pahlavi and Arabic into Europe and is among the most translated works in the world.
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Rumtek Monastery is located in which state?
Answer: D
Rumtek is in Sikkim.
It stands near Gangtok and is the largest monastery in Sikkim, the seat in exile of the Karmapa and the head monastery of the Kagyu school.
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Shore Temple is located in which state?
Answer: D
It is in Tamil Nadu.
The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram was built about 700 under Narasimhavarman II, and is among the earliest structural stone temples in south India. It is part of the UNESCO group of monuments there.
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