Indian Art & Culture MCQ Set-9

Indian Art and Culture MCQ for competitive examinations in India such as UPSC, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, NDA, State PSC, Police recruitment and various government job recruitment examination by the Government of India, PSUs and the state Governments in India.

Q.1 Who among the following is considered father of Bengal Renaissance?

A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B. Dayananda Saraswati

C. Swami Vivekananda

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q.2 Thaipusam festival is celebrated by which of the following communities?

A. Telegu

B. Tamil

C. Gujarati

D. Maithili

Answer: B. Tamil

Q.3 Pachmarhi Utsav is celebrated in which of the following state of India?

A. Madhya Pradesh

B. West Bengal

C. Karnataka

D. Bihar

Answer: A. Madhya Pradesh

Note: It is a 6-day annual festival which usually begins on December 25 and concludes by New Year.

Q.4 Cheraw dance is a folk dance of which of the following India State?

A. Mizoram

B. Manipur

C. Arunachal Pradesh

D. Nagaland

Answer: A. Mizoram

Note: Cheraw dance is a traditional cultural dance performed in Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo on the ground.

Q.5 Pung Cholam is a dance of which north-eastern state of India?

A. Mizoram

B. Manipur

C. Sikkim

D. Assam

Answer: B. Manipur

Note: Pung Cholom dance of Manipur is also known as Mrindanga Kirtan or Dhumal or Dram dance.

Q.6 Chess or CHATURANGA game was originated during the regime of which of the following empire?

A. Gupta Empire

B. Shunga Empire

C. Maurya Empire

D. Mughal Empire

Answer: A. Gupta Empire

Q.7 Which among the following is CORRECT about the famous “Bani Thani” painting?

I. The painting is from Kishangarh painting of Rajasthan

II. Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh during the reign of Raja Samant Singh

III. Bani Thani painting is currently located in the National Museum, Delhi

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. I, II and III

Answer: D. I, II and III

Q.8 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Rajput Painting?

I. It has four principal schools

II. It was evolved and flourished in the royal courts of Rajputana

III. The painting style evolved in 17th and 18th centuries

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. I, II and III

Answer: D. I, II and II

Note: The Rajput paining had four principal schools

i. The Mewar school

ii. The Marwar school

iii. The Hadoti school

iv. The Dhundar school

Q.9 Chang dance is a folk dance of which of the following Indian state?

A. Rajasthan

B. Karnataka

C. Meghalaya

D. Odisha

Answer: A. Rajasthan

Note: The Chang dance is also referred as Dhamal and Dhuff dance.

Q.10 Jhoomar, a lively form of music and dance originated in which of the following region?

A. Multan

B. Ajmer

C. Indore

D. Mysore

Answer: A. Multan

Note: Jhumar or Jhoomar (also called Ghumbar in Sandalbar area) is a lively form of music and dance that originated in the Multan and Balochistan, also thrived in Sandalbar areas of Punjab.

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