Art and Culture (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

41. Kalamkari painting refers to - [I.A.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (a) A hand-painted cotton textile in South India
Solution:Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted cotton textile in South India. The word is derived from the Persian words kalam (pen) and kari (craftsmanship), meaning drawing with a pen. Kalamkari craft is very old. Kalamkari art has been practised by many families in Andhra Pradesh and has constituted their livelihood.

42. Match List-I (Artist) with List-II (Art) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Artist)List-II (Art)
A. Hiren Bhattacharya1.Bharatanatyam Dance
B. Malini Rajurkar2. Hindustani vocal music
C. Pratibha Prahlad3.Kuchipudi dance
D.  Vempati Chinna Sat4.Puppetry

 

Code:

ABCD
(a)4213
(b)4231
(c)2314
(d)3214
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The corretly matched list is a follows:

Hiren Battacharya               - Pupperty

Malini Rajukar                     - Hindustani vocal music

Pratibha Prahlad                 - Bharatnatyam dance

Vampati Chinna Satyam   - Kuchipudi dance

43. Musical instrument sitar is the combination of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (c) Veena and Tambura
Solution:A musical instrument called Sitar was invented by Amir Khusrau. It combined the features of the old Indian Veena and the Iranian Tambura.

44. Which one of the following pairs of folk dance forms and States is not correctly matched? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) Thali - Himachal Pradesh
Solution:Korku and Jhumar are the folk dances of Maharashtra and Haryana respectively. Mukna is a form of folk wrestling from the north-east Indian state of Manipur. Thali folk dance belongs to Uttarakhand, not Himachal Pradesh.

45. Kuchipudi dance started in- [Uttaranchal P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh
Solution:Kuchipudi is an Indian classical dance originating in Kuchelapuram or Kuchipudi of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India, but popular all over South India.

46. 'Kuchipudi' dance is related to : [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

Correct Answer: (d) Andhra Pradesh
Solution:Kuchipudi is an Indian classical dance originating in Kuchelapuram or Kuchipudi of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India, but popular all over South India.

47. Match the following : [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994 U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

List-IList-II
(A) Kuchipudi(1) Orissa
(B) Bharatanatyam(2) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Kathak(3) Tamil Nadu
(D) Odissi(4) Andhra Pradesh

Code :

ABCD
(a)4321
(b)3412
(c)2134
(d)1243
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows :
List-IList-II
KuchipudiAndhra Pradesh
BharatanatyamTamil Nadu
KathakKathak
OdissiOdissi

48. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : [U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2023]

List-I
(Festival)		List-II
(State/Union Territory)
A. Hornbill Festival1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Sangai Festival2. Manipur
C. Flamingo Festival3. Ladakh
D. Hemis Festival

 

4. Nagaland

Code :

ABCD
(a)2134
(b)4312
(c)4213
(d)1342
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Correct match is as follows :
FestivalState/UT
Hornbill FestivalNagaland
Sangai FestivalManipur
Flamingo FestivalAndhra Pradesh
Hemis FestivalLadakh

49. The folk dance of Meghalaya is - [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) Bamboo dance
Solution:The folk dance Loho or Laho is related to Meghalaya, while Nati dance is related to Himachal Pradesh. Bamboo and Khantum dance are related to the State of Mizoram.

50. In Indian architecture, ‘Surkhi’ was introduced by [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (a) Kushans
Solution:The evidence of using ‘Surkhi’ has been found from the architectures built during the Kushanas period. The evidence of using ‘Surkhi’ at Mathura has been found in the third and fifth stage of excavation.

The period of excavation of the third stage has been determined between 200 BC to the end of the 1-century while the period of the fifth stage’s excavation has been determined between 4- to 6-centuries.