Cultural Activities (Part-VI)

21. The Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda is located in: [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 9.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Bhutan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Myanmar
(d) Nepal

Correct Answer: (c) Myanmar

Solution:The Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda is located in Myanmar. It is also known as Golden Rock.

22. Which of the following monasteries is located in Sikkim? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 7.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Rumtek
(b) Kye
(c) Hemis
(d) Tabo

Correct Answer: (a) Rumtek

Solution:

Rumtek Monastery is located in Sikkim. This monastery is also called 'Dharmachakra Kendra'. Hemis Monastery is located in Ladakh and Tabo Monastery is located in Himachal Pradesh.

23. Bylakuppe Monastery (Namdroling) is situated in which state of India? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (b) Karnataka

Solution:Bylakuppe Monastery, famously known as Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery or Golden Temple, is situated in Mysore, Karnataka. This monastery is home to the Sangha community and the largest teaching centre of Tibetan Buddhism in the world.

24. In which of the following states is the Phodong monastery situated? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 18.03.2020 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.04.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (a) Sikkim

Solution:The Phodong Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is 28 kilometres away from Gangtok.

25. Kadam Rasul Mosque, whose construction is characterised by the use of bricks and black marble, is situated at __________. [S.S.C. Online CPO S.I. (T-I) 23.11.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Gaur
(b) Purnea
(c) Alwar
(d) Mandu

Correct Answer: (a) Gaur

Solution:Kadam Rasul Mosque is situated in Gour, Malda, West Bengal. It is a single domed structure made of black marble and bricks, still carrying traces of the ornamented brickwork. The Mosque was built by Sultan Nusrat Shah in 1530 to enshrine a stone reproduction of an impression of the Prophet Muham-mad's foot.

26. In which year did UNESCO include Yoga in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 13.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) 2014
(b) 2016
(c) 2018
(d) 2015

Correct Answer: (b) 2016

Solution:The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) formally inscribed Yoga in 2016 in its representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

27. Where is Bishnupur, which is famous for terracotta temples, located? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 14.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) West Bengal
(b) Assam
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat

Correct Answer: (a) West Bengal

Solution:Bishnupur is a city and a municipality of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal. It is famous for its terracotta temples built by the Malla rulers, Shree Krishna Raasleela, and the Baluchari sarees. Since 1997, the temples of Bishnupur have been on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tentative list.

28. Gugga Naumi is a religious festival in connection with snake worship. This festival is of which state? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 29.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Haryana
(b) West Bengal
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (a) Haryana

Solution:Gugga Naumi is a religious festival celebrated in Haryana. This festival is related to snake worship. It is celebrated on the Krishna Paksha Navami of Bhadrapada.

29. With which of the following states is the folk theatre form 'Ranmale' traditionally associated? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 14.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Jharkhand
(b) West Bengal
(c) Goa
(d) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer: (c) Goa

Solution:Ranmale is mainly performed in Western India in the Sattari Taluka of North Goa District and Sanguem Taluka of South Goa District.

30. "Tholu Bommalatta', a shadow puppet theatre tradition, belongs to the state of: [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 14.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala

Correct Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh

Solution:Tholu Bommalata is the shadow puppet theatre tradition in Andhra Pradesh, India.