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Indian Art & Culture INDIAN ART & CULTURE 3 INDIAN ART & CULTURE 8. Which of the following language 2. Le Corbusier, the architect of TYPE-I has been given the status of clas- Chandigarh was a national of sical language by Central Govern- 1. In which of the following dialects (1) The Netherlands ment? Kabir wrote ? (2) Portugal (1) Avadhi (2) Bhojpuri (1) Gujarati (2) Tamil (3) U.K. (3) Brijbhasa (4) Maithili (3) Marathi (4) Malayalam (4) France (SSC Stenographer (Grade 'C' & 'D') (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. year 1997) Exam. 09.01.2011) Exam. 09.09.2001) 2. Where is “Pushkar Fair” held ? 9. ‘Rath Yatra’ at Puri is celebrated 3. In which field of Art Jamini Roy (1) Jodhpur (2) Ajmer in honour of make his name ? (3) Jaipur (4) Udaipur (1) Lord Rama (1) Sculpture (2) Music (SSC Combined Graduate Level (2) Lord Shiva (3) Painting (4) Drama Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (3) Lord Jagannath (First Sitting) (SSC Combined Graduate Level 3. Which of the following is called (4) Lord Vishnu Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 the storehouse of world-art col- (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry (First Sitting) lections ? Operator & LCD Exam. 04.12.2011 (Ist 4. Where is the Swami Narayan tem- (1) National Archives of India Sitting (East Zone) ple, Akshar-dham located ? (2) National Museum 10. The most popular festival in Tamil (1) Dwaraka, Gujarat (3) National Modren Art Gallery Nadu is : (2) Puri, Orissa (4) Salarjung Museum (1) Gudipadwa (2) Onam (3) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Bihu (4) Pongal (4) Gandhinagar, Gujarat Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (Middle Zone) and SSC CPO Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 Exam. 12.01.2003) Sub-Inspector Exam. 12.01.2003) (2nd Sitting)) 4. Who introduced the famous Per- 5. What do the paintings of Ajanta 11. Papeti is the festival of depict? sian Festival of Nauroz ? (1) Parsis (2) Jains (1) Alauddin Khalji (1) Ramayana (2) Mahabharata (3) Sikhs (4) Buddhists (2) Iltutmish (3) Jatakas (4) Panchatantra (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. (3) Firoz Tughlaq (SSC Combined Graduate Level (4) Balban 17.03.2013, Kolkata Region) Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003 (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 12. Which among the following city (Second Sitting) Exam. 03.09.2006) was given as guru dakshina by 6. Where did the miniature paint- 5. Which of the following is a famous Pandavas to Guru Dronacharya? ings of Indian heritage develop? Assamese festival ? (1) Rawalpindi (2) Nainital (1) Guler (2) Mewar (1) Makar Sakranti (3) Hastinapur (4) Gurgaon (3) Bundi (4) Kishengarh (2) Yugadi (SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI & ASI,Delhi (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (3) Onam Police SI Exam. 05.06.2016 (Ist Sitting)) Exam. 07.09.2003) (4) Rongali Bihu 13. Jalikattu is associated with which (FCI Assistant Grade-III Indian festival? 7. In which State is the folk paint- Exam. 5.02.2012 (Paper-1) (1) Onam (2) Pongal ing ‘Madhubani’ popular ? 6. Which language is spoken by the (3) Bihu (4) Hornbill (1) West Bengal (2) Orissa people of Lakshadweep? (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. (3) Bihar (4) Assam (1) Malayalam (2) Kannada 01.09.2016 (2nd Sitting)) (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Tamil (4) Telugu Prelim Exam. 08.02.2004 (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) TYPE-II (First Sitting) Exam. 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting) 8. Who was the painter of the fa- 7. In which State is the religious 1. Who amongst the following is re- mous painting called - ‘Bharatma- festival ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ Cele- nowned in the field of painting? ta’ ? brated with gusto ? (1) Parveen Sultana (1) Gaganendranath Tagore (1) Rajasthan (2) Prof. T.N. Krishnan (2) Abanindranath Tagore (2) Gujarat (3) Ram Kinkar (3) Nandalal Bose (3) Maharashtra (4) Raja Ravi Varma (4) Madhya Pradesh (4) Jamini Roy (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting) Exam. 16.11.2014) (First Sitting) (Central Zone) SGAE–190 INDIAN ART & CULTURE 9. The Gandhara Art flourished 16. Who amidst the following is re- 23. The Lalita Kala Akademi is devot- during the period of nowned in the field of sculpture? ed to the promotion of : (1) Guptas (2) Mauryas (1) Manjit Bawa (1) Fine Arts (3) Satavahanas (4) Kushans (2) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2) Literature (SSC CPO Sub- Inspector (3) Ram Kinkar (3) Music Exam. 05.09.2004) (4) Raja Ravi Varma (4) Dance and Drama 10. Match the Artistes and their Art (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO form. Exam. 21.05.2000 (Ist Sitting) & PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015 (Riapur, Madhya Pradesh) Artiste (IInd Sitting) TF No. 7203752) A. Amrita Shergill 17. Who, amidst the following is a dis- 24. Kalarippayatt is the martial art tinguished painter? B. T. Swaminathan Pillai of State of C. Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1) Amrita Shergill (1) Madhya Pradesh D. Padmasubramaniam (2) N. Rajam (2) Mizoram (3) Nagaland Art Form (3) Kamala Dasgupta (4) Kerala 1. Flute (4) U. Srinivas (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. 2. Kathakali (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) 3. Painting Exam. 21.05.2000 (Ist Sitting) 09.09.2016 (Ist Sitting)) 4. Bharathanatyam (Middle Zone) 25. The famous Dilwara temples of (A) (B) (C) (D) 18. What is the field in which Pra- Mount Abu are a sacred pilgrim- (1)3124 dosh Dasgupta distinguished him- age place for the (2)2314 self ? (1) Buddhists (2) Jains (3)4231 (1) Sculpture (3) Sikhs (4) Parsis (4)1423 (2) Painting (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & (3) Instrumental music 01.09.2016 (Ist Sitting)) Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004) (4) Hindustanic music (vocal) 26. Which monument is known as 11. Who was the pioneer of the Ben- (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) “The National Monument of In- gal School of Art ? Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting) dia”? (1) Nandlal Bose (East Zone) (1) India Gate (2) B.C. Sanyal 19. Raja Ravi Verma of Kerala was a (2) Gateway of India (3) Jamini Roy distinguished (3) Raj Ghat (4) Red fort (4) Abanindranath Tagore (1) dancer (2) painter (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. (3) poet (4) singer 02.09.2016 (Ist Sitting)) Exam. 26.05.2005) (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. 27. Sun temple is situated in which 12. Rajasthani and Pahari schools of 10.03.2013, Ist Sitting : Patna and SSC of the following states? art froms are famous for Combined Matric Level (PRE) (1) Odisha (2) Gujarat (1) Music (2) Dance Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting) (3) Karnataka (3) Sculpture (4) Painting (Eastern Zone, Guwahati) (SSC Section Officer (Commercial 20. A semi-circular structure with a (4) Tamil Nadu Audit) Exam. 25.09.2005) dome shape roof erected over (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. 13. Who painted the master piece the sacred relics of Buddha is 02.09.2016 (2nd Sitting) 28. Which of the following is not cor- “Hamsa Damayanti” ? known as rectly matched? (1) Anjolie Ela Menon (1) Stupas (2) Edicts (1) The Mahakaal temple Ujjain (2) Abanindranath Tagore (3) Pillars (4) Monoliths (2) Sringeri Matha Chikkman- (3) Amrita Shergill (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff glur district (4) Raja Ravi Varma (Patna) Exam. 16.02.2014) (3) The Sun Temple Konark (SSC Section Officer (Audit) 21. The birth place of an iconic per- (4) Jain temples Khajuraho Exam. 10.12.2006) sonality, Amrita Sher–Gil, is (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. 14. Jamini Roy distinguished himself (1) Hungary (2) India 08.09.2016 (IIIrd Sitting)) in the field of (3) Austria (4) Poland 29. Kalamkari painting refers to (1) Badminton (2) Painting (1) A hand painted cotton tex- (3) Theatre (4) Sculpture (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 16.11.2014, IInd Sitting tile in SouthIndia (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector TF No. 545 QP 6) (2) A handmade drawing on Exam. 16.12.2007) 22. ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paint- bamboo handicrafts in North- 15. Which of the following places of ings is popular in which of the East India Sikh religion heritage is not in In- following states in India ? (3) A block painted woollen cloth dia? (1) Bihar in Western Himalayan region (1) Nanded (2) Madhya Pradesh of India (2) Keshgarh Saheb (4) A hand painted decorative (3) Paonta Saheb (3) Uttar Pradesh silk cloth in North Western (4) Nankana Saheb (4) West Bengal India (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. Exam. 24.10.1999 (Ist Sitting) & PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015 (Ist Sitting) TF No. 6636838) 10.09.2016 (IIIrd Sitting)) SGAE–191 INDIAN ART & CULTURE 30. Raja Ravi Varma was a great (1) Shovana Narayan 12. Match the artists with their art- painter of which of the following ? (2) M. S. Subbalakshmi form : (1) Bengal (2) Bihar (3) Pt. Jasraj Artist Art-form (3) Punjab (4) Kerala (4) M. S. Gopalakrishnan a. Pannalal 1. Painting (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam. (SSC Combined Graduate Level Ghosh 08.09.2016 (IInd Sitting)) Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 b. Pt. Bhimsen 2. Carnatic 31. Who among the following is a fa- Joshi music (vocal) (Second Sitting) mous Indian painter ? c. Anjolie Ela 3. Flute Menon 6. Who among the following is not d. Madurai 4. Hindustani (1) Balamuralikrishna known for popularising ‘Thumri’ (2) Yaminni Krishnamurthy form of Indian music ? Mani Iyer music (vocal) (3) M.F. Hussain (1) Tansen abcd (4) Ravi Shankar (2) Amir Khusaro (1)1324 (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (3) Nawab Vajid Ali Shah (2)2143 Exam.
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