Madhubani painting is famous in which of the following state?
Answer: C
It is famous in Bihar.
Madhubani or Mithila painting belongs to the Madhubani district, worked traditionally by women on the walls and floors of the home, with every space filled by line and pattern and no empty ground left.
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Ancient Bhima Devi Temple is located in which state ?
Answer: C
It is in Haryana.
The Bhima Devi temple at Pinjore, dating from the eighth to eleventh centuries, is known for erotic sculpture comparable with Khajuraho's, and is sometimes called the Khajuraho of northern India.
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Sattriya is a classical dance form of which State?
Answer: C
It is from Assam.
Sattriya grew in the sattras, the Vaishnava monasteries founded by Sankaradeva in the fifteenth century, where it was danced by celibate monks as part of worship. The Sangeet Natak Akademi recognised it as classical in 2000, the eighth form to be so listed.
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The Bhagat Movement is related to which among the following tribes of India?
Answer: B
It relates to the Bhil.
The Bhagat movement among the Bhils of Rajasthan and Gujarat, led by Govindgiri from about 1900, urged abstinence from liquor and meat and a return to a purified religious practice, and became a vehicle of resistance to landlords and the state.
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The classical dance form Kuchipudi originated in which state ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Andhra Pradesh
Kuchipudi takes its name from a village in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Bharatanatyam belongs to Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam to Kerala, and Odissi to Odisha.
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Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?
Answer: B
It was Muhammad Iqbal.
He wrote Tarana-e-Hindi in 1904 in Urdu, in the ghazal form. The tune commonly sung was set by Ravi Shankar, and it remains a marching song of the Indian armed forces.
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Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary award of which among the following Governments?
Answer: A
It is the highest literary award of Kerala.
The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, instituted in 1993, is named after Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, the father of Malayalam literature, and is given for a lifetime's contribution to the language.
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In which region Hemis Gompa is located in India?
Answer: B
It is in Ladakh.
Hemis Gompa, about 45 km from Leh, was re-established in 1672 under the Drukpa lineage and is the largest and wealthiest monastery in Ladakh. Its annual festival honours Padmasambhava with masked dances.
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Mohiniyattam developed originally in which state?
Answer: C
It developed in Kerala.
Mohiniyattam, the dance of the enchantress, is performed solo by a woman in white and gold, with the gentle swaying lasya movement. It was revived in the nineteenth century under Swathi Thirunal and again by Vallathol at Kerala Kalamandalam.
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The famous Nabakalebara festival belongs to which of the following states?
Answer: B
It belongs to Odisha.
Nabakalebara is the ceremony at Puri in which the wooden images of Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana are replaced with new ones carved from specially identified neem trees. It occurs when a lunar month of Ashadha repeats, roughly every twelve to nineteen years.
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