1.Which source states that man is by himself is only half-man and his second half is the wife?
2.When did Odisha Rasagola get the GI tag?
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Correct Answer: D [2019]
3.Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali are added to the Indian constitution under which constitutional amendment act?
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Correct Answer: B [92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003]
4.Which is the first classical language of India?
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Correct Answer: A [Tamil]
5.What is the additional official language of Uttarakhand?
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Correct Answer: B [Sanskrit]
6.Which Buddhist text also means chronicle of the island?
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Correct Answer: A [Dipvamsa]
7.Who was among the Navratnain in the court of Akbar?
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Correct Answer: D [Abul Fazal]
8.Raṇamalla Chanda is a poem related to which language?
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Correct Answer: B [Gujarati]
9.What is the state tree of State Uttar Pradesh?
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Correct Answer: B [Ashoka Tree]
10.Who composed the Sangita Ratnakara?
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Correct Answer: D [Sharangadeva]
11.Which of the following philosophies accepts three of six pramanas (proofs) as the only reliable means of gaining knowledge?
12.Which of the following is the oldest Upnishadas?
13.Where will be held Kumbh Mela in 2018?
14.What is the name of the famous folk drama of Bhils?
15.Who amongst the following established an institution named ‘Kalashram’ for imparting training in dance and associated disciplines?
16.The famous dancer Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair is associated with which of the following dance forms?
17.Devotional folk songs called ‘Zikir’ belong to the which Indian state?
18.Shiv Kumar Sharma is famous for playing which instrument?
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Correct Answer: A [Santoor]
19.Ghumot is indigenous traditional percussion instrument of which state?
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Correct Answer: A [Goa]
20.Who is the author of Mimamsa philosophy?
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Correct Answer: C [Maharishi Jaimini]
21.Which architect was chosen by the Indian Punjab government to design the city of Chandigarh?
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Correct Answer: B [Le Corbusier]
22.Leela Samson is a female artist of which classical dance form?
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Correct Answer: A [Bharatnatyam]
23.With which classical dance are Mrinalini Sarabhai and Baijayanthimala Bali related?
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Correct Answer: B [Bharatnatyam]
24.Jata-Jatin is the folk dance of which state?
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Correct Answer: C [Bihar]
25.Jhumar is the folk dance of which state?
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Correct Answer: B [Haryana]
26.Jatra is a theatrical acting folk dance of __
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Correct Answer: B [West Bengal]
27.Kolanalu or Kolattam is a combination of dance and music popular in which Indian state?
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Correct Answer: B [Andhra Pradesh]
28.Which festival is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad?
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Correct Answer: C [Milad-un-Nabi]
29.In which temple Ambubachi Mela is held?
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Correct Answer: B [Kamakhya Temple]
30.Silambam belongs to which state of India?
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Correct Answer: A [Tamil Nadu]
31.Which festival is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad?
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Correct Answer: C [Milad-un-Nabi]
32.Which occasion is celebrated as Sindhi New Year?
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Correct Answer: A [Cheti Chando]
33.Bandesh originated from which country?
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Correct Answer: C [India]
34.Which statement describe the features of string puppets?
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above.]
35.When did the dowry prohibition act pass?
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Correct Answer: B [1961]
36.The family in which all the powers remained in the hand of a male person is known as__
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Correct Answer: B [Patriarchal]
37.When was the family court act passed?
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Correct Answer: B [1984]
38.Baburnama is written by___
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Correct Answer: D [Babur]
39.Which Indian literature deals with the life of Prithviraj Chauhan?
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Correct Answer: B [Pritviraj Raso]
40.What is the time period of Bhartendu kaal?
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Correct Answer: A [1868-1893]
41.Which among the following Hindu Painters was sent by Jahangir to portrait Shah Abbas-I of Persia ?
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Correct Answer: B [Bishan Das]
42.God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste. This teaching is of __?
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Correct Answer: B [Guru Nanak]
43.Jagdish Khebudkar was a renowned poet and lyricist of which among the following languages?
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Correct Answer: A [Marathi]
4.Which among the following place is not associated with Jain Temples?
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Correct Answer: D [Ratnagiri]
45.What is the earlier name of “Leh Singhe-Khababs Festival”?
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Correct Answer: C [Sindhu Darshan]
46.Which of the following was described as reliable means to gaining knowledge by Bhatta sub-school of Mimansa philosophy?
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Correct Answer: A [Anupalabdhi]
47.Which of the following is considered as the major quality of Lord Buddha?
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above ]
48.Match the following:1. Gangaur
2. Ganesh Chaturthi
3. Durga Puja
2. Ganesh Chaturthi
3. Durga Puja
(a) West Begal
(b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra
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Correct Answer: A [(1)-(b), (2)-(c), (3)-(a)]
49.Which of the following festivals means ‘Merry making of the Gods’?
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Correct Answer: D [Lai Haraoba]
50.In which one of the following films did Pran act as a character artist and not in the role of a villain?
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Correct Answer: A [Zanjeer]
