'Dandia' is a popular dance of
1.Punjab
2.Gujarat
3.Tamil Nadu
4.Maharashtra
Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
1.Ottan Thullal
2.Kuchipudi
3.Yakshagana
4.Odissi
Kathak is a classical dance of
1. North India
2.Tamilnadu
3.Manipur
4.Kerala
The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Thanjavur was
1.Kathakali
2.Odissi
3.Kathak
4.Bharatanatyam
In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
1.Onam
2.Rongali Bihu
3.Navratri
4.Pongal
Mohiniattam dance from developed originally in which state?
1.Tamil Nadu
2.Orissa
3.Kerala
4.Karnataka
Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?
1.Hinduism
2.Buddhism
3.Jainism
4.Islam
Kathakali' is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
1.Karnataka
2.Orissa
3.Kerala
4.Manipur
Madhubani', a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
1.Uttar Pradesh
2.Rajasthan
3. Madhya Pradesh
4.Bihar
Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was written by
1. Nara Muni
2.Bharat Muni
3.Abhinav Gupt
4.Tandu Muni
Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
1.Only the first stanza
2.The whole song
3.Third and Fourth stanza
4. First and Second stanza
The book of Parsis is
1.Torah
2.Bible
3.Zend Avesta
4.Gita
The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
1.Mumbai
2.Chennai
3.New Delhi
4.Kolkata
The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at
1.Nasik
2.Ujjain
3.Allahabad
4.Haridwar
The National Anthem was first sung in the year
1.1911
2.1913
3.1936
4.1935
The National Song of India was composed by
1.Rabindranath Tagore
2.Bankim Chandra Chatterji
3.Iqbal
4.Jai Shankar Prasad
The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
1.Ram
2.Jaganath
3.Shiva
4.Vishnu
The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
1.1/0/1900 3:05
2.1/0/1900 2:03
3.1/0/1900 2:04
4.1/0/1900 3:04
The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
1.Rigveda
2.Satpath Brahmana
3.Mundak Upanishad
4.Ramayana
Thillana is a format of
1.Kuchipudi
2.Odissi
3.Bharatanatyam
4.Kathak
Which of the following Akademis is responsible for fostering the development of dance, drama and music in India?
1.National School of Drama
2. Sangeet Akademi
3. Sahitya Akademi
4. Lalit Kala Akademi
Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
1.Nautanki
2.Garba
3.Kathakali
4.Bhangra
Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
1.Lucknow
2.Hyderabad
3.Jaipur
4.Mysore
Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?
1.Jaidev
2. Mohammad Iqbal
3.Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
4.Rabindranath Tagore