DOCSLIB.ORG

Pg-Qp – 19 *Pgqp19*

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Pg-Qp – 19 *Pgqp19* PG-QP 19 -4- *PGQP19* PART A Questions 1 10 : Fill in the blanks with the most grammatically correct and meaningful option from those provided : 1. I do not like sitting _________ him in the class as he talks a lot. A) along B) by C) besides D) beside 2. The principal asked us ________ the school until 5 Oclock. A) not to stay B) not to leave C) dont leave D) shall not leave 3. He was told to __________ the pace of his work. A) advance B) accelerate C) increasing D) speeded up 4. The accident took place early __________. A) today morning B) at the morning C) morning of today D) this morning 5. He is the kindest and ____________ of all my friends. A) the generest B) more generouser C) most generous D) the generous 6. The epidemic broke out last winter and did not die _______ for many months. A) out B) down C) off D) away 7. Did you not __________him yesterday ? A) met B) meet C) seeing D) meat 8. Has the bell __________ ? A) rang B) ringing C) rung D) ringed 9. I wish you could stay here _________ days longer. A) few B) a few C) the few D) fewer more 10. A word that is no longer in use is said to be ________. A) exotic B) ancient C) primitive D) obsolete *PGQP19* -5- PG-QP 19 11. The correct match for the items in List 1 with those in List 2 is List-1 List-2 (1) Bhupen Hazarika (i) Tamil (2) Shivaji Ganeshan (ii) Malayali (3) Satyajit Ray (iii) Bengali (4) Adoor Gopalkrishnan (iv) Assamese (A) 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv (B) 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv (C) 1-iv, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-ii (D) 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iv 12. Which actor is known as Bharat Kumar for his acting in patriotic theme based films ? A) Shashi Kapoor B) Akshay Kumar C) Manoj Kumar D) Pran 13. If 45*15=30, 17*7=10, then what will be the value of 52*25 ? A) 77 B) 27 C) 50 D) 45 14. Gary Sobers belonged to the A) Australian Cricket team B) New Zealand Cricket team C) South Africa Cricket team D) West Indies Cricket team 15. In a certain code language SUPPORTERS is written as 8780. How will INEVITABLE be written in that code language? A) 5940 B) 5841 C) 5742 D) 5040 16. What color flag is flown by ships carrying persons with infectious diseases ? A) Yellow B) Black C) White D) Purple 17. World Environment Day is celebrated on A) June 15 B) June 26 C) June 05 D) July 01 PG-QP 19 -6- *PGQP19* 18. By selling a calculator in Rs. 418, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. The cost price of the calculator is __________ A) Rs. 360.00 B) Rs. 372.80 C) Rs. 376.20 D) Rs. 380.00 19. Next number in the following pattern will be 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, ? A) 15 B) 17 C) 23 D) 25 20. The first Union Minister of Education in independent India was A) Vallabhbhai Patel B) B.R. Ambedkar C) Abul Kalam Azad D) Jagjivan Ram 21. The headquarter of the BRICS Bank is located at A) Mumbai B) Sao Paulo C) Beijing D) Shanghai 22. A computer cannot boot if it does not have the A) Compiler B) Operating System C) Loader D) Assembler 23. Mrichchhakatika was written by A) Vikramaditya B) Shudraka C) Kalhana D) Banabhatta 24. Jog Waterfall the highest waterfall in India, is located in the state of A) Odisha B) Karnataka C) West Bengal D) Maharashtra 25. Dada Saheb Phalke award has not been awarded to A) Mr. Manoj Kumar B) Ms. Sitara Devi C) Mr. B.R. Chopra D) Mr. Shashi Kapoor *PGQP19* -7- PG-QP 19 PART B 26. September 16 is celebrated as A) World water day B) World forest day C) World environment day D) World ozone day 27. What is the primary cause of the day and night ? A) Earths annual motion B) Earths daily motion C) Inclination of the earths axis and its rotation D) Inclination of the earths axis and its revolution 28. What happens when one crosses 180° longitude from east to west ? A) Gains a day B) Looses a day C) One neither gains nor looses a day but the time changes D) There is no change in time or day 29. The plains formed by lake siltation are known as A) Lacustrine plains B) Delta plains C) Flood plains D) Karst plains 30. An oxbow lake is formed A) Through rejuvenation of a stream B) Due to deposition of silt in the river channel C) Filling up of structural troughs by river water D) Through separation of a part of the river meander 31. Which instrument among the following is used for area measurement? A) Pantograph B) Planimeter C) Spectrometer D) Clinometer 32. Mountain and valley winds are known as A) Planetary winds B) Seasonal winds C) Local winds D) Polar winds PG-QP 19 -8- *PGQP19* 33. Azove Sea is a marginal sea of A) Atlantic Ocean B) Pacific Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Arctic Ocean 34. Plants growing in water are called as A) Xerophytes B) Hydrophytes C) Hygrophytes D) Mesophytes 35. Hirakud dam is built on river A) Mahanadi river B) Cauvery river C) Tungabhadra river D) Bhima river 36. The famous Grand Banks are located near the coast of A) North-eastern North America B) North-west Europe C) South Asia D) South-east Asia 37. The term Nomad implies A) Animal rearing B) Moving from place to place C) Tribal population D) Shifting cultivation 38. Blue revolution relates to A) Hunting B) Lumbering C) Fishing D) Mining 39. Detroit region in United States of America is famous for A) Cotton B) Ship building C) Automobile D) Petro chemicals 40. Line joining places having equal amount of rainfall are known as A) Isohaline B) Isohyet C) Isohel D) Isopleth 41. The difference between birth and death rate is known as A) Fertility B) Migration C) Natural growth D) Replacement 42. The term Umland refers to A) The heart of a town B) Residential area of a town C) A satellite town area D) Area surrounding a town *PGQP19* -9- PG-QP 19 43. Harpoon is a weapon used mainly by A) Turks B) Lapps C) Eskimos D) Gonds 44. The Orinoco lowlands are located in A) Peru B) Argentina C) Bolivia D) Venezuela 45. Profiles are primarily concerned with A) Relief B) Gradient C) Amplitude D) Altitude 46. The Yellowstone National Park is situated in A) United States of America B) Canada C) Mexico D) Panama 47. Which is the main determining factor in Industrial development of Japan ? A) Local raw materials B) Skilled labour C) Coal D) Local market 48. The Meuse in Europe is a A) Upland B) River C) Lagoon D) Marginal Sea 49. Masjid- I- Sulaiman oil field is located in A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Iran D) Kuwait 50. The water separating Madagascar and mainland of Africa is known as A) Gulf of Aden B) Red Sea C) Cape Verde D) Mozambique Channel 51. What is the old name of Namibia ? A) Union of South Africa B) West Africa C) South West Africa D) North West Africa PG-QP 19 -10- *PGQP19* 52. The Bedouins are A) Hunters B) Gatherers C) Nomads D) Traders 53. The Rhine forms the busiest waterway of Europe because A) It passes through one of the most industrialized regions of the world B) It passes through one of the most fertile regions of the world C) The ancient monuments of this region attract large number of tourists D) Other means of transport have not developed much 54. The Titicaca Lake is situated in A) Amazon basin B) Bolivian Plateau C) Chilean Plateau D) Patagonia 55. Which of the following is the famous gold mining centre in Australia ? A) Perth B) Sydney C) Calgoorlie D) Tasmania 56. Which of the following cities has an astronomical observatory? A) Jaipur B) Udaipur C) Amritsar D) Simla 57. Shillong is situated in A) Garo Hills B) Khasi Hills C) Jayantai Hills D) Naga Hills 58. The famous Sambhar lake is situated in A) Gujarat B) West Bengal C) Rajasthan D) Haryana 59. Which of the following rivers of India does not form a delta ? A) Cauvery B) Krishna C) Godavari D) Tapi 60. The major source of rainfall in Tamilnadu is A) Western disturbance B) South-west monsoon C) North-east monsoon D) Easterly waves 61. Which geomorphic feature separates Siwaliks from the middle Himalayan ranges ? A) Bhabar B) Terai C) Faults D) Lacustrine basins *PGQP19* -11- PG-QP 19 62. Durgapur Steel plant is located in A) Jharkhand B) West Bengal C) Bihar D) Madhya Pradesh 63. The Indian Telephone Industries is located at A) Hyderabad B) Bangalore C) Mangalore D) Mysore 64. Saheed Bhagat Singh airport is located at A) New Delhi B) Amritsar C) Chandigarh D) Dehradun 65. Texture of soil refers to A) Arrangement of particles B) Soil colour C) Soil depth D) Soil water 66. Ptolemy was a A) French Geographer B) Roman Geographer C) German Geographer D) Greek Geographer 67. Which of the following theory was given by Mackinder ? A) Organic theory of State B) Rimland theory C) Heartland theory D) Landscape theory 68. The theory given by Christaller is known as A) Industrial location theory B) Central place theory C) Agricultural location theory D) Transport network theory 69.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rabindra Sangeet
    UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET BUREAU Subject: MUSIC Code No.: 16 SYLLABUS Hindustani (Vocal, Instrumental & Musicology), Karnataka, Percussion and Rabindra Sangeet Note:- Unit-I, II, III & IV are common to all in music Unit-V to X are subject specific in music www.careerindia.com -1- Unit-I Technical Terms: Sangeet, Nada: ahata & anahata , Shruti & its five jaties, Seven Vedic Swaras, Seven Swaras used in Gandharva, Suddha & Vikrit Swara, Vadi- Samvadi, Anuvadi-Vivadi, Saptak, Aroha, Avaroha, Pakad / vishesa sanchara, Purvanga, Uttaranga, Audava, Shadava, Sampoorna, Varna, Alankara, Alapa, Tana, Gamaka, Alpatva-Bahutva, Graha, Ansha, Nyasa, Apanyas, Avirbhav,Tirobhava, Geeta; Gandharva, Gana, Marga Sangeeta, Deshi Sangeeta, Kutapa, Vrinda, Vaggeyakara Mela, Thata, Raga, Upanga ,Bhashanga ,Meend, Khatka, Murki, Soot, Gat, Jod, Jhala, Ghaseet, Baj, Harmony and Melody, Tala, laya and different layakari, common talas in Hindustani music, Sapta Talas and 35 Talas, Taladasa pranas, Yati, Theka, Matra, Vibhag, Tali, Khali, Quida, Peshkar, Uthaan, Gat, Paran, Rela, Tihai, Chakradar, Laggi, Ladi, Marga-Deshi Tala, Avartana, Sama, Vishama, Atita, Anagata, Dasvidha Gamakas, Panchdasa Gamakas ,Katapayadi scheme, Names of 12 Chakras, Twelve Swarasthanas, Niraval, Sangati, Mudra, Shadangas , Alapana, Tanam, Kaku, Akarmatrik notations. Unit-II Folk Music Origin, evolution and classification of Indian folk song / music. Characteristics of folk music. Detailed study of folk music, folk instruments and performers of various regions in India. Ragas and Talas used in folk music Folk fairs & festivals in India. www.careerindia.com -2- Unit-III Rasa and Aesthetics: Rasa, Principles of Rasa according to Bharata and others. Rasa nishpatti and its application to Indian Classical Music. Bhava and Rasa Rasa in relation to swara, laya, tala, chhanda and lyrics.
    [Show full text]
  • Reconstructing the Indian Filmography
    ASHISH RAJADHYAKSHA Reconstructing The Indian Filmography Sitara Devi and the Indian filmographer A n apocryphal story has V.A.K. Ranga Rao, the irascible collector of music and authority on South Indian cinema, offering an open challenge. It seems he saw Mother India on his television one night and was taken aback to see Sitara Devi’s name in the acting credits. The open challenge was to anyone who could spot Sitara Devi anywhere in the film. And, he asked, if she was not in the film, to answer two questions. First, what happened? Was something filmed with her and cut out? If so, when was this cut out? Almost more important: what to do with Sitara Devi’s filmography? Should Mother India feature in that or not? Such a problem would cut deep among what I want to call the classic years of the Indian filmographers. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema decided to include Sitara Devi’s name in its credits, mainly because its own key source for Hindi credits before 1970 was Firoze Rangoonwala’s iconic Indian Filmography, Silent and Hindi Film: 1897-1969, published in 1970 and Har Mandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’s somewhat different, equally legendary Hindi Film Geet Kosh which came out with the first edition of its 1951-60 listings in 1980. The Singh Geet Kosh tradition would provide bulwark support both on JOURNAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE 13 its own but also through a series of other Geet Koshes by Harish Raghuvanshi on Gujarati, Murladhar Soni on Rajasthani and many others. Like Ranga Rao, Singh and the other Geet Kosh editors have had his own variations of the Sitara Devi problem: his focus was on songs, and he was coming across major discrepancies between film titles, their publicity material and record listings.
    [Show full text]
  • (Dr) Utpal K Banerjee
    About the Book IGNCA is a treasure-trove of cultural artifacts including a rich repository of Video documentaries (published) and Audio and Video DVDs (unpublished). This book – based on the author’s two-year project -- envisions an on-line A-V cultural archive KALASAMPADA that consists of A-V materials stored at IGNCA for the categories of: Interviews; Ritual Documentation; Archaeological Sites and Walk-through; Events; Festivals; Performances (music-dance-theatre-puppetry-mime); Lectures; Seminars; and Workshops. In order to make such a wide variety of materials available on-line – initially on the Intranet, subsequently on a potential Extranet, and eventually (although very selectively) on the Internet – the following digitisation road-map is observed in the project: Conversion of primary A-V materials from analogue to digital format; Creation of data sheets for metadata tagging, following the international standard of Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES); Integration of metadata with primary A-V material in IGNCA’s Intranet; Access and retrieval by “simple search” with keywords for casual browsers and “advanced search” for users, researchers and scholars with reference to groups of keywords from the intranet. The objectives of the project of on-line A-V cultural archive are: to bring it into public domain; to make it inter-active for scholars; and to make it internationally compatible. Basic advantages of such a project are really five-fold. First, a digital A-V archive assures the near permanent durability of the A-V material. Secondly, it allows need-based quality enhancement. Thirdly, an archive of this kind makes room for highly economic storage of vulnerable Audio and Video files.
    [Show full text]
  • 1481186712P4M12TEXT.Pdf
    PAPER 4 Detail Study Of Kathak, Nautch Girls, Nritta, Nritya, Different Gharana-s, Present Status, Institutions, Artists Module 12 Pioneers Of Kathak 1930-1950 Pioneers are those who show the path not attempted before. They lead us to light to the new ways of doing something. These are people with vision to fulfill a mission and they are given divine support by history and circumstances to do so. Thus, pioneers are people, ordinary in appearance but with special abilities and mind backed by hard work. Once a form that was long forgotten and got known and established as Kathak, many stars of other forms, most notably Bharatanatyam and Kathakali did much to learn and promote Kathak and help it reach national acclaim. In this, Bharatanatyam trained Ram Gopal, Kathakali trained Uday Shankar and pioneers in films like Menaka and Sadhona Bose took this form further and can be called pioneers, in addition to the generation that followed their example. It would not be wrong to call Uday Shankar a cult figure of the early part of the 20th century. He was a showman, a creator of magical spectacles and a dancer par excellence. He was not a trained dancer, so his movements flowed from the heart. He 1 created the Indian ballet scene because nothing like it existed before. Originally a painter, on his museum visits to delve into books, Uday got fascinated with pictures of sculptures of Hindu gods and goddesses in varied poses. He began imitating the poses. Although unfamiliar with dance techniques, the images provided inspiration to translate into dance movement.
    [Show full text]
  • Sandesh Sandesh Issue 3 “The Message” a Newsletter from Indus of Fox Valley
    October 2007 Volume 5 Sandesh Sandesh Issue 3 “The Message” A Newsletter from IndUS of Fox Valley From Editors’ Desk Indian Classical Music and Dances: A Brief Introduction Dear Readers, By B. S. Sridhar Each year the October issue of Sandesh is dedicated to the theme Classical Indian Music raga is a projection of artist’s inner spirit. of upcoming annual IndUS ban- The origin of Indian music is said to be The current classification of ragas can be quet. The theme of IndUS-2007 is rooted in the Vedas (1000-1700 B.C.). traced to two seminal works by great Music & Dances of India and the Over the centuries classical music has musicologists: Svaramelakalanidhi by articles in this issue are a prelude evolved into two distinct schools, namely, Raamamaatya (c. 1550 AD) and to such a rich and diverse compo- Hindustani (the North Indian) and Carnatic Caturdandi Prakaasikaa by Venkatamakhi nent of Indian culture. (the South Indian). (1660 A.D.). The ten principal families of ragas in Hindustani are: Asavari, Bhairav, The lack of space prevents us to Carnatic music is devotional in nature, with Bhairavi, Bilawal, Kafi, Kalyan, Khamaj, cover many other interesting attention on melody and rhythm, heavy Marwa, Purvi and Todi. Carnatic labels for forms and important aspects of emphasis is placed on sahitya or lyrics. The ragas generally differ but there are Indian music and dance. We are music is often in praise of the Hindu equivalent ragas in both systems. sure that at the banquet you will pantheon and often the poets are known to discover interesting and informa- express other emotions such as love, anger, Tala refers to rhythmic cycles.
    [Show full text]
  • MUSIC Hindustani
    The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara Ph. D Entrance Tet (PET) SYLLABUS Subject: MUSIC PET ExamCode : 21 Hindustani (Vocal, Instrumental & Musicology), Karnataka, Percussion and Rabindra Sangeet Note:- Unit-I, II, III & IV are common to all in music Unit-V to X are subject specific in music -1- Unit-I Technical Terms: Sangeet, Nada: ahata & anahata , Shruti & its five jaties, Seven Vedic Swaras, Seven Swaras used in Gandharva, Suddha & Vikrit Swara, Vadi- Samvadi, Anuvadi-Vivadi, Saptak, Aroha, Avaroha, Pakad / vishesa sanchara, Purvanga, Uttaranga, Audava, Shadava, Sampoorna, Varna, Alankara, Alapa, Tana, Gamaka, Alpatva-Bahutva, Graha, Ansha, Nyasa, Apanyas, Avirbhav,Tirobhava, Geeta; Gandharva, Gana, Marga Sangeeta, Deshi Sangeeta, Kutapa, Vrinda, Vaggeyakara Mela, Thata, Raga, Upanga ,Bhashanga ,Meend, Khatka, Murki, Soot, Gat, Jod, Jhala, Ghaseet, Baj, Harmony and Melody, Tala, laya and different layakari, common talas in Hindustani music, Sapta Talas and 35 Talas, Taladasa pranas, Yati, Theka, Matra, Vibhag, Tali, Khali, Quida, Peshkar, Uthaan, Gat, Paran, Rela, Tihai, Chakradar, Laggi, Ladi, Marga-Deshi Tala, Avartana, Sama, Vishama, Atita, Anagata, Dasvidha Gamakas, Panchdasa Gamakas ,Katapayadi scheme, Names of 12 Chakras, Twelve Swarasthanas, Niraval, Sangati, Mudra, Shadangas , Alapana, Tanam, Kaku, Akarmatrik notations. Unit-II Folk Music Origin, evolution and classification of Indian folk song / music. Characteristics of folk music. Detailed study of folk music, folk instruments and performers of various regions in India. Ragas and Talas used in folk music Folk fairs & festivals in India. -2- Unit-III Rasa and Aesthetics: Rasa, Principles of Rasa according to Bharata and others. Rasa nishpatti and its application to Indian Classical Music. Bhava and Rasa Rasa in relation to swara, laya, tala, chhanda and lyrics.
    [Show full text]
  • Varanasi – a Treasure of Rich Cultural Heritage of India
    Varanasi – A Treasure of Rich Cultural Heritage of India Benaras, name given by Britishers was formally known as Varanasi, Kashi, Avimukta, Mahashmashana. About the history of Benaras Mark Twain, Who visited around the world wrote, “Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Besides Jerusalem, Athens, Peking and Mecca, Varanasi is the only city living for last four thousand years. This can be witnessed through every tourist eyes. As Jerusalem and Athens are having western and modern touch moreover. They changed their lifestyle, traditions, behaviour and culture which, can be marked in churches. But in Kashi even thousand years back as god was worshipped, till today it is followed with the same tradition, values and even with similar dressing sense. Vedas, Upanishads in Sanskrit are still taught in Varanasi henceforth the numbers of students are increasing for it. It is also the center for learning yoga, palmistry, astrology, Sanskrit, Hinduism and history of 36 crore gods and goddesses. Varanasi is situated between the river Varuna in north and Assi in the south hence it is named as Varanasi. It represents India on account of its prestigious traditions, Temples, Shrines, Asrams, Muths, Holy Ganges River and respected Hindu religion. Varanasi has captivating charm and spiritual challenge, which can be seen in its exaggerated rituals, festive, cultural activities performed in the city. If the boon of life starts at Dashashwamedh Ghat than it ends at Manikarnika; a unique combination of life and death in the desire of salvation attracts the pilgrims.
    [Show full text]
  • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin Block- M.Badshahpur
    PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA‐GRAMIN BLOCK‐ M.BADSHAHPUR Father Or Husband No of Registration #SNo Village Name Beneficiary Name Age Gender Category Remarks Name Member Status 1 Ahamadpur Gariyaon ANITA DEVI SUNIL KUMAR 26 Female Other 2 Completed 2 Ahamadpur Gariyaon ANITA DEVI VIDYA SAGAR 35 Female Other 2 Completed 3 Ahamadpur Gariyaon BELA DEVI SHIV NARESH 53 Female Other 2 Completed 4 Ahamadpur Gariyaon CHAD KUMARI SUSHIL KUMAR 29 Female Other 2 Completed 5 Ahamadpur Gariyaon CHHAYA DEVI CHHOTE LAL 28 Female Other 2 Completed 6 Ahamadpur Gariyaon KEVALA DEVI RAMRAJ 68 Female SC 2 Completed 7 Ahamadpur Gariyaon RAJ NARAYAN RAMSWARUP 58 Male SC 2 Completed 8 Ahamadpur Gariyaon SARADA DEVI 34 Female Other 2 Completed 9 Ahamadpur Gariyaon SITA VIJAY BAHADUR 33 Female Other 2 Completed 10 Ahamadpur Gariyaon SUNEETA KESARILAL 33 Female Other 2 Completed 11 Ahamadpur Gariyaon TASHVIRA DEVI RAMUJAGIR 48 Female Other 2 Completed 12 Ahamadpur Gariyaon 39 Female SC 3 Completed 1 Ahamadpur Kaithauli ANITA DEVI JAVAHIR 35 Female SC 1 Completed 2 Ahamadpur Kaithauli ASHA DEVI VINOD 22 Female Other 2 Completed 3 Ahamadpur Kaithauli DARM DEVI SURENDR PRATAP 33 Female Other 2 Completed 4 Ahamadpur Kaithauli GIRIJA SHANKAR SITA RAM 46 Male Other 1 Completed 5 Ahamadpur Kaithauli GUDDI RAJPATI 34 Female SC 2 Completed 6 Ahamadpur Kaithauli HIRAVATI PHULCHANDR 40 Female SC 1 Completed 7 Ahamadpur Kaithauli HIRAVATI RAJA RAM 62 Female Other 2 Completed 8 Ahamadpur Kaithauli KINTI DEVI RAMJATAN 58 Female SC 1 Completed 9 Ahamadpur Kaithauli KIRAN RAMSAKAL
    [Show full text]
  • 20Years of Sahmat.Pdf
    SAHMAT – 20 Years 1 SAHMAT 20 YEARS 1989-2009 A Document of Activities and Statements 2 PUBLICATIONS SAHMAT – 20 YEARS, 1989-2009 A Document of Activities and Statements © SAHMAT, 2009 ISBN: 978-81-86219-90-4 Rs. 250 Cover design: Ram Rahman Printed by: Creative Advertisers & Printers New Delhi Ph: 98110 04852 Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust 29 Ferozeshah Road New Delhi 110 001 Tel: (011) 2307 0787, 2338 1276 E-mail: [email protected] www.sahmat.org SAHMAT – 20 Years 3 4 PUBLICATIONS SAHMAT – 20 Years 5 Safdar Hashmi 1954–1989 Twenty years ago, on 1 January 1989, Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked in broad daylight while performing a street play in Sahibabad, a working-class area just outside Delhi. Political activist, actor, playwright and poet, Safdar had been deeply committed, like so many young men and women of his generation, to the anti-imperialist, secular and egalitarian values that were woven into the rich fabric of the nation’s liberation struggle. Safdar moved closer to the Left, eventually joining the CPI(M), to pursue his goal of being part of a social order worthy of a free people. Tragically, it would be of the manner of his death at the hands of a politically patronised mafia that would single him out. The spontaneous, nationwide wave of revulsion, grief and resistance aroused by his brutal murder transformed him into a powerful symbol of the very values that had been sought to be crushed by his death. Such a death belongs to the revolutionary martyr. 6 PUBLICATIONS Safdar was thirty-four years old when he died.
    [Show full text]
  • TEA-STO-30..TEA-STO-30.1 .. Page1
    Ashish Mohan Khokar INDIAN DANCE TODAY. AN HISTORICAL OVER-VIEW [Ashish Mohan Khokar è probabilmente il più importante critico e studioso di danza in India. Ha studiato danza, ha lavorato in diverse accademie di danza, è critico del principale quotidiano indiano, «The Times of India», collabora con diversi altri quotidiani, è il direttore dell’unico Annale di danza in India, «Attendance». Ha scritto molti li- bri sulla danza. E` figlio di Mohan Khokar, senz’altro il più grande stu- dioso di danza indiano dell’ultima generazione. Sta creando il primo Archivio di Danza in India, partendo dall’immensa collezione del pa- dre. Per maggiori dettagli si possono vedere: www.attendance- india.com e www.dancearchivesofindia.com.] Indian classical dance traditions have been borne out of a sense of propitiation of the divinity. A certain spiritual content has always been its mainstay. It has also been essentially the art of a soloist, ex- cept in dance-theatre forms. Over two thousand unbroken years, it has grown to become the longest continuous dance culture, afford- ing an interesting insight into man and his relationship to stage in general and dance art, in particular. Its classical nature comes through by a set of code of grammar, content and concept. Thus, if in one form, the knees are to be bent while performing and a half-sitting position maintained all through, then it cannot be altered. The position of hands, the use of eyes, neck, torso and feet, all go towards making dance units, which be- come strings of movements, through which individual characteristics and a grammar is set which makes each form distinct and thus, with age and tradition, classical.
    [Show full text]
  • Jangal-Mahal Utsab Jhargam District in West Bengal
    Culture Notebook: Preliminary Factual Sheet Created: 12/24/2016 7:16 PM Updated: 5/11/2018 11:35 PM Author: Siya Rasik URL: http://forumias.academy/lms/#/main/examAnswers 2018 GIST Festival Name State Other Information Tribal folk songs and dances such Jhargam district in West Jangal-mahal Utsab as Tusu, Bhadu, Ahira and Bengal Jhumur Held bi-annually to honour the twin goddesses Sammakka and Medaram’s Sammakka- her daughter Sarakka. Sarakka/Saralamma Forest dwelling Koya tribe Biggest Tribal festival in Asia Jatara of Telangana and surrounding states which is attended by one crore Medaram is a remote people on an average place in the Central government is likely to According to the myth it declare Medaram’s Sammakka- Eturnagaram Wildlife was Sammakka’s curse Sanctuary, a part of Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a which caused gradual national festival Dandakaranya, the decline and death of largest surviving forest Once declared a national Kakatiya rule. belt in the Deccan. festival, Jatara can be considered for ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ tag of UNESCO Paika Dance Form Jharkhand Celebrarted by Marathas Wari wakari Tradition more than 700 years old Maharashtra Three different set of journey Or starts from three places in VARKARI Maharashtra 21 days journey NANDA DEVI RAJ JAATI Uttrakhand yatra Assam’s Bihugeet Bihu - Assam colours of the Brahmaputra songs and its life-sustaining character Bhupen Hazarika in praise of the grit of its people Jallikatu Traditional bull-taming sport Eruthazhuvuthal or Tamil Nadu organised in Tamil Nadu during Manju virattu Pongal Largest congregation of female for a festival in the world Kuthiyottam ritual: Against child Attukal Pongala festival Kerala right as children are made as God soldier and side pierxing is done and thread is knot so that bond with God is shown.
    [Show full text]
  • Promotion of Tourism, Arts, Design, Cuisines Key to UP's Progress, Say
    Promotion of tourism, arts, design, cuisines key to UP’s progress, say acclaimed film-makers, artists AGRA, 5 January 2016: Tourism enables the socio-economic emancipation of the state. Making this opening remark at a session titled ‘Uttar Pradesh the soft power – special focus on art, culture, lifestyle, design & tourism in Uttar Pradesh’ at the U.P. Pravasi Diwas being organised in Agra by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, NRI Department and FICCI, film-maker Mr Rajah Muzaffar Ali said that through art, each region and sub-region is able to assert its own distinct identity. Art also plays a key role in globalising Uttar Pradesh, he observed. Dr Satish Chand Rai, Producer, Director, Publisher, Raivision Academy of Film International Girmit Association, Australia, who is credited with making the first ever film on Girmitiyas, said that plans are afoot to make a major film on the story of Girmitiyas. Mr Ali added that Dr Rai’s works could trigger a movement for Girmitiya films. Mr Roney Simon, Director, Via Michele Diverio and FICCI representatives in Italy, said that design plays a vital role in the progress of a country. He said that arts and crafts in Uttar Pradesh will flourish if international design capabilities are established in the state. Such institutions can help the artisans to make world class products. To this, Mr Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Principal Secretary, Information Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, responded by saying that the Government has established a Design Centre under the leadership of Ms Zohra Chatterjee and that NRIs and PIOs may look to collaborate with this centre for the promotion of arts and crafts.
    [Show full text]