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Art and Culture (Part-IV)

📆 October 30, 2024

Total Questions: 24

11. Shanti Niketan is located in which district of West Bengal? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

Correct Answer: (d) Birbhum
Solution:Shanti Niketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. It was renamed Visva Bharati, which Tagore defined as “Where the world makes a home in a nest.”

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists : [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

List-I (Organisation)List-II (Establishment year)
A. Lalit Kala Academy1.1954
B. Sangeet Natak Academy2. 1952
C. National School of Drama3. 1959
D. Centre for Cultural4. 1979

 

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)2413
(c)4321
(d)3241

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi was set up by Government of India as an autonomous body, on 5th August, 1954. It was given statutory authority in 1957. Sangeet Natak Academy, India's National Academy of music, dance and drama – is the first national academy of the arts set up by Government of India in 1952 (on website of Sangeet Natak Academy, its founding year is mentioned as 1953 while other sources mention 1952 as founding year and 1953 as inauguration year) National School of Drama is the National School of Sanskritization and one of its kind in India. It was set up by the Sangeet Natak Akademi as one of its Constituent unit in 1959. In 1975, it became an independent entity and was registered as an autonomous organisation. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was established in 1979 and works in the field of linking education with culture.

13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

List-I (Monument)List-II (Location)
A. Gateway of India1. Kolkata
B. Victoria Memorial2. Hyderabad
C. Indian Gate3. New Delhi
D. Char Minar4. Mumbai

 

ABCD
(a)4213
(b)4132
(c)2341
(d)1423

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows :
Gateway of India - Mumbai
Victoria Memorial - Kolkata
Indian Gate - New Delhi
Char Minar - Hyderabad

14. Match the following- [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]

List-IList-II
A. Sri Harikota1. Bhopal
B. Sanchi Stupa2. Raisen
C. Gujari Mahal3. Gwalior
D. Taj-ul-Masjid4. Andhra Pradesh

 

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)4231
(c)2341
(d)3412

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows :
Sriharikota - Andhra Pradesh
Sanchi Stupa - Raisen
Gujari Mahal - Gwalior
Taj-ul-Masjid - Bhopal

15. Whom did the famous Indian actress Devika Rani marry? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (a) Painter Svetoslav Roerich
Solution:Devika Rani Chaudhuri, usually known as Devika Rani (born in 1908 and died in 1994) was an actress in Indian films. Devika Rani was born into a Bengali family in Visakhapatnam in present-day Andhra Pradesh. She got married to Himanshu Rai in 1929 and Himanshu died in 1940. After that in 1945, she married Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich, but Mr. Roerich also died in 1993. Devika Rani died in March, 1994 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

16. Who was the producer of the serial “Mahabharat”? [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (b) B.R. Chopra
Solution:T.V. serial ‘Mahabharat’ was produced by B. R. Chopra (Baldev Raj Chopra) and directed by his son Ravi Chopra. B. R. Chopra was awarded Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1998.

17. Vidushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably - [I.A.S. (Pre) 1994]

Correct Answer: (a) Brahmana
Solution:In Sanskrit dramas, Vidushaka is the dear one of the king. He belongs to the Brahmana category. Several dramatists like Kalidasa, Bhasa, etc had used Vidushaka.

18. K. Shankar Pillai was a- [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

Correct Answer: (a) Cartoonist
Solution:Kesava Shankara Pillai (born in July 1902 and died in December 1989), better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1976, India’s second-highest civilian honour given by the Govt. of India.

19. Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (b) Photography
Solution:Raghu Rai is an Indian photographer and photojournalist.

20. Match List-I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists. [I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

List- I
(Eminent)		List- II
(Known As)
A. Bhanu Bharti1. Music composer
B. Mike Pandey2. Poet and litterateur
C. Mohd. Zahur Khayyam3. Theatre director
D. Vinda Karandikar4. Wildlife filmmaker

Code :

ABCD
(a)1432
(b)3412
(c)2134
(d)4321

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The description of above-mentioned persons is as follows-
Bhanu Bharti (born in 1947) is an eminent Indian theatre director and playwright.
Mike Pandey is an Indian filmmaker specializing in films about wildlife and the environment.
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam was an Indian music composer.
Vinda Karandikar, better known as Vinda Karandikar, was a well-known Marathi poet, writer, literary critic, and translator. He was given the 39th Jnanpith Award in 2003, which is the highest literary award in India.
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