INDIAN - CULTURE

 INDIAN - CULTURE
1. The Sangai Festival is celebrated in __:
a) Assam b) Manipur c) Mizoram d) Nagaland B
2. The temples constructed at Khajuraho are:
1. Jain temples
2. Vaishnavite Temples
3. Saivite Temples
Choose the correct option from the codes given below
a) Only 1 & 3
b) Only 2 & 3
c) 1, 2 & 3
d) Only 1 & 2 C
# Khajuraho, as we know, is the ancient capital of the Chandela Dynasty. The temples here were erected simultaneously in the 11th century and are nearly equally divided among the three religions viz. Jaina, Saiva and Vaishnava. Each group has one shrine greater than the rest around which small temples have been clustered. This largest temple is Kandariya Mahadev in Saivite, Ramachandra in Vaishnavite and Jinanatha in Jain.
3. The famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated in which of the following States of India?
a) Nagaland
b) Mizoram
c) Assam
d) Meghalaya A
4. Which of the following statements about the Gandhara School of Art is NOT correct?
a) It displays Greek artistic influence and the concept of the “man-god” was essentially inspired by Greek mythological culture.
b) Gandhara School of art enjoyed the liberal patronage of Indo-Greek rulers.
c) Artistically, the Gandharan school of sculpture is said to have contributed wavy hair, drapery covering both shoulders, shoes and sandals etc.
d) The Gandhara art primarily depicted the Buddhist themes. B
# Gandhara School of art enjoyed the liberal patronage of Kushana rulers especially Kanishka. The Gandhara art primarily depicted the Buddhist themes. It displays Greek artistic influence and the concept of the “man-god” was essentially inspired by Greek mythological culture. Artistically, the Gandharan school of sculpture is said to have contributed wavy hair, drapery covering both shoulders, shoes and sandals etc.
5. Gundecha brothers are well known exponents of which among the following styles of Hindustani Classical Music ?
a) Khayal b) Tharana c) Dhrupad d) Thumri C
6. In which of the following city Elephant festival is celebrated annually?
a) Jaipur b) Jodhpur c) Kota d) Ajmer A
7. ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ festival is a festival of which the communities in North Eastern India?
a) Tai-Ahom b) Deori Tribe c) Garo d) Khasi
A
# ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ festival of the Tai Ahom community of Assam.The Tai-Ahoms extend offerings to their departed ancestors and offer sacrifices to Gods in traditional manner..
8. Today’s Gurmukhi, Dogri and Sindhi scripts have developed from which among the following scripts?
a) Brahmi Script
b) Śāradā script
c) Tankari Script
d) Kushana Scrip
 B
# Śāradā is a script of the Brahmic family of scripts, developed around the 8th century. It was used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri. The Gurmukhī script was developed from Śāradā by Guru Angad. Originally more widespread, its use became later restricted to Kashmir, and it is now rarely used except by the Kashmiri Pandit community for ceremonial purposes. There are several variants of Śāradā Scripts such as Takkari or Tankari which is the parent of the Dogri script, Kului script (Kullu in Himachal Pradesh), Chameali Script (in Chamba Himachal Pradesh), Sindhi, Bania of Punjab etc.
9. Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary award of which among the following Governments?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
 A
10. Which state Government confers the Basava Sri award?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharastra
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka

D

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