Cultural Activities (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-VIII)

Total Questions: 50

21. The Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda is located in: [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-1) 9.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

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-1) 7.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

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-1) 19.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

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)]

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)]

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)]

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 terra- cotta temples, located? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 14.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

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)]

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)]

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)]

Correct Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh
Solution:

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