UGC-NET (NTA) Exam, Performing Arts, June-2020

Total Questions: 100

21. Which organization is framing curriculum and training teachers for imparting quality dance education within the formal school curriculum?

Correct Answer: C. NCERT

22. Which American dancer wrote her autobiography-An Unfinished Life?

Correct Answer: A. Ruth St. Denis

23. Who among these Russian Ballet personalities was NOT a dancer?

Correct Answer: D. Diaghilev

24. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): According to Nandikesvara, "where the hand goes, the eyes follow: where the eye goes, the bhava follows and where the mind goes, there arises the rasa".
Reason (R) : According to Kapila Vatsyayan, "the hands are of supreme importance in abhinaya",
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of (A)

25. Given below are two statements:. one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Indigenous dances were created only to please the deities in the temple.
Reason (R) : Temples were erected essentially to lodge the Gods and Goddesses and hence these became the very focus of the life of the community.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

26. Given below are two statements:

Statement I : In Indian dance, the abhinaya is invariably known as the dancer's ability to interpret words set to music and such interpretation of a word through movement distinguishes the classical tradition from folk forms.
Statement II: The degree of interpretive stylization through hastas and facial expressions gíves each dance style its distinctive character.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both Statment I and Statement II are correct.

27. Indicate the correct sequence of Asamyuta hastas according to Abhinayadarpana:

(a) Kartarimukha
(b) Ardhapataka
(c) Tripataka
(d) Pataka
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (d), (c), (b), (a)

28. Indicate the correct sequence of 'Shirobheda' according to 'Abhinayadarpana':

(a) Udwahita
(b) Adhomukha
(c) Sama
(d) Alolita
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (c), (a), (b), (d)

29. Indicate the correct sequence of Dasaprana of Tala

(a) Kriya
(b) Anga
(c) Kala
(d) Marga
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (c), (d), (a), (b)

30. Indicate the correct chronological sequence of the following personalities according to their period of works.

(a) V.S.Krishna Rao
(b) Kelucharan Mahapatra
(c) Navtej Singh Johar
(d) Bindadin Maharaj
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (d), (a), (b), (c)