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Assignment 01

Art & Culture

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Art & Culture Practice Assignment - 01

DIRECTION for questions 1 -40: Mark the best option: 1. The last book authored by Khushwant Singh is __? A) The History of Sikhs B) Black Jasmine C) The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous D) Tradition of Punjab and many others 2. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who passed away

recently, was the famous musician of which musical instrument?

A) Flute B) Tabla C) Sarangi D) Sitar 3. The book “Death Under The Deodars: The

Adventures of Miss Ripley-Bean” has been authored by whom?

A) Vikram Seth B) Amitav Ghosh C) Jumpa Lahiri D) Ruskin Bond

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4. Which of the following does not belong to classical Hindustani tradition in music?

A) Khayal B) Tappa C) Tillana D) Dhrupad 5. Kimono is a dress style of which Asian Country? A) Japan B) Korea C) Laos D) China 6. Stephen Spielberg is most well – known for his

work in the field of A) Cinema B) Painting C) Journalism D) Architecture 7. Ayan and Aman Ali Bangash are exponents of the A) Santoor B) Veena C) Sarod D) Sitar 8. The Last Supper is a classic painting by A) Pablo Picasso B) Amrita Shergill C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Van Gogh

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9. Which of the following is not a string instrument? 1. Santoor 2. Mohan Veena 3. Sarod A) 1 only B) 2 only C) Both 1 and 2 D) None of these 10. The centenary of cinema was observed in A) 1996 B) 1994 C) 1995 D) 2000 11. Yahudi Menuhin’s name was practically the same

thing as the A) Violin B) Guitar C) Santoor D) Sitar 12. The Hazratbal Shrine was built in the memory of A) Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani B) Zainul Abidin C) Nizamuddin Auliya D) Shah Kalander

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13. “The Bhagvad Gita” contains A) 19 Chapters B) 18 Chapters C) 17 Chapters D) 20 Chapters 14. “Satyameve Jayate” has been taken from A) Mundak Upanishad B) Rigveda C) Natya Sutra D) Mahvastu 15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct

answer from the codes given below the lists__ List-I List-II A. Pandit Durgalal I. Instrument Music B. Lalgudi Jayaraman II. Dance C. Bala Murali Krishna III. Painting D. Amrita Shergil IV. Vocal Music A) II, I, IV, III B) I, II, IV, III C) III, I, II, IV D) II, IV, III, I

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16. Name the Indian artist who uses material like cow dung, ash and hair to make sculptures and who has been shortlisted for UK’s biggest contemporary art prize, the Artes Mundi.

A) Sheela Gowda B) Geeta Vadhera C) Ajay Gulati D) Gopi Gajwan 17. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is

associated with Karnataka? A) Yakshagana B) Veedhi C) Jatra D) Jhora 18. Which of the following is not associated with Vocal

Music? A) Pandit Jasraj B) Mallikarjun Mansur C) Kishore Kumar D) Shiv Kumar Sharma 19. Kavita Dwivedi is associated with- A) Odissi B) Kathakali C) Kathak D) Bharatnatyam

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20. Ben Hur, the world famous epic, is written by A) John Milton B) George Orwell C) Lewis Wallace D) Leo Tolstoy 21. Who was the author of ‘Pather Dabi’? A) Rabindernath Tagore B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay C) Satinath Bhaduri D) Tarasankar Bandopadhyay 22. Which of the following book and author pairs are

not correctly matched ? A) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People -

Stephen Covey B) Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid - C.K.

Prahlad C) Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do -

Robert Schuller D) In Defence of Globalization—Amartya Sen

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23. Name the director of the film 'Guide' A) Raj Kapoor B) B.R. Chopra C) Sohrab Modi D) Vijay Anand 24. Charakasamhita is a work on : A) Politics B) Medicine C) Architecture D) Mathematics 25. Which one of these is not correctly matched? A) Romancing with Life – Dev Anand B) Blossom from the Dust – R.K.Pachauri C) Asian Drama – Vikram Seth D) Lajja – Taslima Nasreen 26. Among the following works of Salman Rushdie,

which one was his first creation? A) Shame B) Midnight's Children C) The Satanic Verses D) The Moor's Last Laugh

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27. The state which has decided in principle to accord the status of official state anthem to the song ‘O Mor Aponar Desh’ (O’ my beloved land) composed by S.L.Bezbaroa, is:-

A) Assam B) Jharkhand C) West Bengal D) Nagaland 28. Consider the following statements : 1. Chaau is a famous dance form of Eastern India 2. Kuttuyattam is an age old dance for of

Karnataka 3. The origin of Sattriya dance form is Assam Which of the above statements are correct ? A) 1 and 2 B) 1 and 3 C) 2 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3

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29. Consider the following pairs : Classical dance Comes from 1. Nati Himachal Pradesh 2. Mohiniattam Karnataka 3. Mando Goa Which of the above pairs are correct ? A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3 C) 1 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3 30. At which of the following plaes, Kumbh Mela is

held? 1. Nasik 2. Hardwar 3. Prayag 4. Ujjain A) 1&2 B) 2, 3 & 4 C) 2 & 4 D) 1, 2, 3 & 4 31. Khordad sal is the festival of A) Jains B) Parsis C) Sikhs D) Buddhists 32. Tamasha is a robust form of folk theatre in A) Karnataka B) Gujarat C) Maharashtra D) Rajasthan

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33. Match the following: List-I (Folk Dance- List-II (States) Dramas) A. Yakshagana 1. Uttar Pradesh B. Tamasha 2. Gujarat C. Nautanki 3. Maharashtra D. Bhavi 4. Karnataka 5. Madhya Pradesh

A B C D A) 3 4 2 1 B) 4 3 1 2 C) 4 5 3 2 D) 3 2 4 5

34. Ramkinker Baij was a well known A) Dancer B) Singer C) Sculptor D) Violinist

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35. The book “Half Lion: How P V Narasimha Rao Transformed India” has been authored by whom?

A) R B Gaur B) Sajid Khan C) Vinay Sitapati D) Ashok Chawla 36. President of India receives first Copies of Books

“Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World” and “Tagore and Russia” were published by _________?

A) Indian Council for Cultural Development B) Indian Council for Cultural Management C) Indian Culture Associations D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations 37. The world’s first ‘Gender Literature Festival’ will be

held in: A) Bhopal B) Patna C) Vijayawada D) Pune

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38. Match List-I with List-II and select the best option using the code given below the lists:

List – I (Directors) List-II (Films) (A) Wes Anderson 1. The Grand Budapest

Hotel (B) Alejandro G. Inarritu 2. Birdman (C) Clint Eastwood 3. American Sniper (D) Solomon Northup 4. 12 Years a Slave A) A- 2, B-4, C-3, D-1 B) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 C) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 D) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 39. Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize in 1968 in

the field of A) Economics B) Peace C) Physics D) Medicine 40. Karma Kagyu lineage belongs to which of the

following religions? A) Jainism B) Sikhism C) Hinduism D) Buddhism

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Answer Keys

Q. No. Key Q. No. Key 1. C 21. B 2. D 22. D 3. D 23. D 4. C 24. B 5. A 25. C 6. A 26. B 7. C 27. A 8. C 28. C 9. D 29. C

10. A 30. D 11. A 31. B 12. A 32. C 13. A 33. B 14. A 34. C 15. C 35. C 16. A 36. D 17. A 37. B 18. D 38. B 19. A 39. D 20. C 40. D