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Art and Culture NCERT in Hindi Objective for Students
Which one of the following statements about Elephanta Island is correct?
(a) It was given its name by the British after a large elephant structure located there.
(b) It contains one large cave.
(c) It is well-known for a spectacular carving of Vishnu described in the Vishnudharmottara Purana.
(d) It is associated with the Pashupata sect.
Option d - It is associated with the Pashupata sect
Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History?
(a) Sumit Sarkar
(b) Jadunath Sarkar
(c) Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
(d) S. Gopal
Option b - Jadunath Sarkar
Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?
(a) Piyadassi
(b) Colin Mackenzie
(c) Alexander Cunningham
(d) James Prinsep
Option d - James Prinsep
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Adina Masjid - Mandu
(b) Lal Darwaza Masjid - Jaunpur
(c) Dakhil Darwaza - Gaour
(d) Tin Darwaza - Ahmedabad
Option a - Adina Masjid - Mandu
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Dhruvadas - Bhagat Namawali
(b) Nabhadas - Bhaktamal
(c) Raskhan - Rasik Priya
(d) Usman - Chitrawali
Option c - Raskhan - Rasik Priya
Gujari Mahal was built by
(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Man Singh
(d) None of them
Option c - Man Singh
Who among the following has not written about partition in his works?
(a) Saadat Hasan Manto
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Bhisham Sahni
(d) Narendranath Mitra
Option b - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Depiction of the descent of the river Ganga from heaven in the form of relief sculpture on rock is at:
(a) Ellora
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) Sanchi
(d) Amaravati
Option b - Mahabalipuram
The principal patrons of the Gandhara art were the:
(a) Mauryas
(b) Satavahanas
(c) Shakas and Kushanas
(d) None of the above
Option c - Shakas and Kushanas
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Kumrahar - Bull Capital
(b) Rampurva - Lion capital
(c) Lomas Rishi - Rock-cut cave
(d) Sarnath - Pillared hall
Option c - Lomas Rishi - Rock-cut cave
Which of the following temple styles is distinguished for not having an ambulatory around its sanctum?
(a) Chalukyan
(b) Dravidian
(c) Nagara
(d) None of the above
Option a - Chalukyan
Which of the following Chalukyan cities was known as the city of temples?
(a) Pattadakal
(b) Badami
(c) Aihole
(d) Kanheri
Option c - Aihole
At which of the following places did Shankaracharya not establish a matha?
(a) Kanchi
(b) Kashi
(c) Puri
(d) Dwarka
Option b - Kashi
Which of the following Tamil writers of the period wrote the Ramayana which is considered a classic in Tamil literature?
(a) Pugazhendi
(b) Kamban
(c) Nambi Andar Nambi
(d) Auvaiyar
Option b - Kamban
The famous rock-cut temples at Elephanta are ascribed to:
(a) the Chalukyas
(b) the Cholas
(c) the Pallavas
(d) the Rashtrakutas
Option a - the Chalukyas
Which one of the following is the most important feature of Bhagavatism?
(a) Stress on devotion to a personal God
(b) Stress on penance
(c) Stress on rituals
(d) Stress on knowledge
Option a - Stress on devotion to a personal God
Ajanta's legacy of paintings is visible in murals in different places in India:
(a) Bagh
(b) Badami
(c) Lupakshi
(d) all the above
Option d - all the above
Who described Indians as "hot-tempered but honest"?
(a) Hieun Tsang
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Fa-Hien
(d) Nikitin
Option a - Hieun Tsang
Ragamala is a form of:
(a) Music
(b) Painting
(c) Poetry
(d) Architecture
Option b - Painting
"The Western classical element resides in the style, in the treatment of the robe, and in the physiognomy of the Buddha". To which one of the following schools of Indian sculpture does the above statement relate?
(a) Mathura school
(b) Gandhara school
(c) Amaravati school
(d) Maurya school
Option b - Gandhara school
The Jain temples known for the finest marble carvings in India are situated at
(a) Gwalior
(b) Kiradu
(c) Modhera
(d) Dilwara
Option d - Dilwara
Which one of the following statements regarding the stupa is incorrect?
(a) It has an umbrella at the top
(b) It has a sanctum sanctorum
(c) It has a circumambulatory path (pradakshinapatha)
(d) It has a fence surrounding it
Option b - It has a sanctum sanctorum
Which one of the following statements about Adi Granth Saheb is not correct?
(a) It was compiled in the first decade of the 17th century
(b) It contains verses of Kabir
(c) It contains verses generally from saints of Sagun Bhakti
(d) It contains sayings of Baba Farid
Option c - It contains verses generally from saints of Sagun Bhakti
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Pliny - Natural History
(b) Ptolemy - Geography
(c) Strabo - Periplus of Erythrean Sea
(d) Cosmos - Christian Topography
Option c - Strabo - Periplus of Erythrean Sea
Which one of the following is an example of Hindu architecture showing Islamic influence?
(a) Lotus Mahal, Vijayanagar
(b) Thousand pillared mandapa, Madurai
(c) The King's Audience Hall, Vijayanagar
(d) Pillared Corridor, Rameshwaram
Option a - Lotus Mahal, Vijayanagar
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillion are remembered as
(a) Leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
(b) Members of the Interim Government in 1946
(c) Members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
(d) Officers of the Indian National Army
Option d - Officers of the Indian National Army
Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Ajanta Caves lie in the gorge of the Waghora River.
(b) Sanchi Stupa lies in the gorge of the Chambal River.
(c) Pandu-Lena Cave Shrines lie in the gorge of the Narmada River.
(d) Amaravati Stupa lies in the gorge of the Godavari river.
Option a - Ajanta Caves lie in the gorge of the Waghora River
With reference to India, the terms 'Halbi, Ho and Kui" pertain to
(a) dance forms of Northwest India
(b) musical instruments
(c) pre-historic cave paintings
(d) tribal languages
Option d - tribal languages
At which one of the following places was a Shiva temple not constructed under the patronage of the Chola rulers?
(a) Chidambaram
(b) Thanjavur
(c) GangaikondaCholapuram
(d) Naneghat
Option d - Naneghat
Domingo Paes, the medieval traveler, has described the city of
(a) Madurai
(b) Vijayanagara
(c) Arikamedu
(d) Gingee
Option b - Vijayanagara
(a) Srirangam
(b) Chidambaram
(c) GangaikondaCholapuram
(d) Thanjavur
Option a - Srirangam
At which one of the following places is the Vitthala temple located?
(a) Elephanta
(b) Chidambaram
(c) Hampi
(d) Nagarjunakonda
Option c - Hampi
The speakers of major Indian languages belong to how many language families?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Six
Option c - Four
The famous Mughal painting, depicting Jahangir embracing the Safavid king Shah Abbas, was painted by which one of the following Mughal painters?
(a) Abd al-Samad
(b) Abul Hasan
(c) Dasavant
(d) Bishandas
Option b - Abul Hasan
Which one of the following statements about the famous text of Panchatantra is correct?
(a) It is a philosophical text reflecting the debates of the time and refuting rival positions.
(b) It is a text ushering in linguistics as a formal science.
(c) It is a text discussing developments in various spheres of natural sciences.
(d) It is a text showing through illustration what should and should not be done.
Option d - It is a text showing through illustration what should and should not be done
In the Gandhara School of Art, initially blue schist and green phyllite were used. When did stucco completely replace stone as the main material used by Gandhara School sculptors?
(a) 1st century CE
(b) 2nd century CE
(c) 3rd century CE
(d) 5th century CE
Option c - 3rd century CE
What was the title of the first newspaper published by James Augustus Hickey?
(a) The Bengal Journal
(b) The Calcutta Chronicle
(c) The Madras Courier
(d) The Bengal Gazette
Option d - The Bengal Gazette
Building 'Kalyaana Mandapas' was a notable feature in the temple construction in the kingdom of
(a) Chalukya
(b) Chandela
(c) Rashtrakuta
(d) Vijayanagara
Option d - Vijayanagara
Which of the following temples is also known as Khajuraho of Vidarbha?
(a) Markandeshwar
(b) Kailash
(c) Manudevi
(d) Bhimashankar
Option a - Markandeshwar
"Chandimangala" was composed in which one of the following languages during the 16th century CE?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Tamil
(c) Bengali
(d) Oriya
Option c - Bengali
Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?
(a) H.St. Clair Wilkins
(b) Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
(c) Purushottamdas Thakurdas
(d) Nusserwanji Tata
Option a - H.St. Clair Wilkins
The well-known painting "Bani Thani" belongs to the
(a) Bundi school
(b) Jaipur school
(c) Kangra school
(d) Kishangarh school
Option d - Kishangarh school
Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
(a) Brahmi
(b) Sharada
(c) Kharosthi
(d) Nandanagari
Option c - Kharosthi
(a) The writings were nationalist compositions
(b) The writings were romantic epics
(c) The writings were devotional songs
(d) The writings were protests against the caste system
Option c - The writings were devotional songs
With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorizing of chronicles, dynastic histories, and Epictales was the profession of which of the following?
(a) Shramana
(b) Parivraajaka
(c) Agrahaarika
(d) Maagadha
Option d - Maagadha
Which twelfth-century Sanskrit scholar was first responsible for the compilation of 'Nibandhas' or digests of epic and Puranic texts?
(a) Harsha
(b) Govindachandra
(c) Lakshmidhara
(d) Kalidas
Option a - Harsha
Bikaner school, Jaipur school, Marwar school, Mewar school are all schools of?
(a) Miniature paintings
(b) Rajput paintings
(c) Madhubani paintings
(d) Cave paintings
Option b - Rajput paintings
'Razmnama' was a Persian translation of:
(a) Upanishad
(b) Ramayana
(c) Geeta
(d) Mahabharata
Option d - Mahabharata
Which one of the following is not true about the Barabar hill caves?
(a) There are in all four caves on the Barabar hill
(b) Inscriptions of Ashoka are found on the walls of three caves
(c) These inscriptions inform us about the dedication of these caves to the Ajivikas
(d) These inscriptions date back to the 6th century BC.
Option d - These inscriptions date back to the 6th century BC
Which one of the following places was not the center of learning during the early medieval period?
(a) Nalanda
(b) Vikramshila
(c) Taxila
(d) Uddantapur
Option c - Taxila
The Horse-Shoe arch was first introduced in the:
(a) Tomb of Iltutmish
(b) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(c) Alai Darwazah
(d) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
Option c - Alai Darwazah
(A) Banaras Gharana
(B) Kirana Gharana
(C) Lucknow Gharana
(D) Rampur Gharana
Option b - Kirana Gharana
'Odissi' dance belongs to
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Orissa
(D) Tamil Nadu
Option c - Orissa
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Mirza Ghalib
(C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(D) Faiz
Option a - Amir Khusrau
Radha Govind Sangeet Sar' a renowned classical music compositor is the creation of
(A) Devarshi Bhatt Brajpal
(B) Sawai Pratap Singh
(C) Hiranand Vyas
(D) Chatur Lal Sen
Option b - Sawai Pratap Singh
The brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha are
(A) Dhrupad vocalists
(B) Kathak dancers
(C) Sarod maestros
(D) Table players
Option a - Dhrupad vocalists
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Krishnanand Vyas
(C) Rana Hammir
(D) Maharana Kumbha
Option b - Krishnanand Vyas
The 'Raga' which is sung early in the morning is
(A) Todi
(B) Darbari
(C) Bhopali
(D) Bhimpalasi
Option a - Todi
(A) Astrology
(B) Politics
(C) Environment
(D) Music
Option d - Music
Where is the 'Rath Yatra' festival held?
(A) Konark
(B) Puri
(C) Dwarka
(D) Haridwar
Option b - Puri
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Madhumita: Odissi dancer
(B) Indira Chakravarty: Nutritional scientist
(C) Meeta Bhatia: Jurist
(D) Sadhvi Sadhana: Homemaker doctor
Option b - Indira Chakravarty: Nutritional scientist
(A) Violin
(B) Pakhawaj
(C) Tabla
(D) Sitar recital
Option c - Tabla
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Debu Chaudhuri : Sitar
(B) Amjad Ali Khan : Sarod
(C) Panna Lal Ghosh Tabla
(D) Yahudi Menuhin : Violin
Option c - Panna Lal Ghosh Tabla
Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?
(A) Sarladasa : Bengali
(B) Kasirama : Oriya
(C) Tikkana : Marathi
(D) Pampa : Kannada
Option d - Pampa : Kannada
The Chitragupta Swami Temple considered to be the only temple of Chitragupta is situated in
(A) Kanchi
(B) Mathura
(C) Puri
(D) Ujjain
Option a - Kanchi
Name the place where the Thyagaraja festival is regularly celebrated in honor of composer Sri Thyagaraja.
(A) Adyar
(B) Thanjavur
(C) Mamallapuram
(D) Udipi
Option b - Thanjavur
Sufi Kalam' a type of devotional music, is characteristic of
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kashmir
(C) Rajasthan
(D) None of these
Option b - Kashmir
According to the Mimamsa system of philosophy, liberation is possible by means of
(A) Gyan
(B) Bhakti
(C) Yoga
(D) Karma
Option d - Karma
Jagar' is a form of God worship ritual prevalent in
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Haryana
(D) Assam
Option b - Uttarakhand
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