Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Mock For Upcoming APSC(Indian Art and Culture)

1.The initials A.R. in the name of the famous music composer A.R.Rehman stands for
(a) Abdur Rasool
(b) Anjaneyulu Ramakant
(c) Aravindan Raja
(d) Allah Rakha
Answer: Allah Rakha

2.Kathak is classical dance of
(a) Kerala
(b) North India
(c) Manipur
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: North India

3.With which one of the following dance form is Madhavi Mudgal associated?
(a) Bharat Natyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kathak
(d) Odissi
Answer: Odissi

4.Yamini Krishnamurti is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Kathak
(c) Manipuri
(d) Bharatnatyam
Answer: Bharatnatyam

5.Birju Maharaj is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Kathak
(b) Bharatnatyam
(c) Manipuri
(d) Kuchipudi
Answer: Kathak

6.Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Manipuri
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Kathak
Answer: Manipuri

7.Amjad Ali Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Violin
(b) Tabla
(c) Flute
(d) Sarod
Answer: Sarod

8.Ali Akbar Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Flute
(b) Veena
(c) Sitar
(d) Sarod
Answer: Sarod

9.Alla Rakha Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Flute
(b) Sarod
(c) Sitar
(d) Tabla
Answer: Tabla

10.Zakir Hussain is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Veena
(c) Tabla
(d) Veena
Answer: Tabla

11.M. S. Gopala krishnan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Veena
(b) Tabla
(c) Violin
(d) Sarod
Answer: Violin

12.Bismillah Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Veena
(b) Shehnal
(c) Sitar
(d) Flute
Answer: Shehnal

13.Ravi Shankar is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Tabla
(c) Shehnal
(d) Veena
Answer: Sitar

14.Hari Prasad Chaurasia is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Sarod
(c) Sitar
(d) Flute
Answer: Flute

15.Shubha Mudgal is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Carnatic
(b) Hindustani
(c) Thumri
(d) Dhrupad
Answer: Hindustani

16.Bheemsen Joshi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Hindustani
(b) Thumri
(c) Carnatic
(d) Quwwali
Answer: Hindustani

17.Pandit Jasraj is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Dhrupad
(b) Quwwali
(c) Hindustani
(d) Thumri
Answer: Hindustani

18.M. S. Subbalakshmi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Hindustani
(b) Carnatic
(c) Quwwali
(d) Dhrupad
Answer: Carnatic

19.Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Thumri
(b) Dhrupad
(c) Quwwali
(d) Carnatic
Answer: Thumri

20.Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?
(a) 74 mins
(b) 90 mins
(c) 56 mins
(d) 60 mins
Answer: 74 mins

21.What type of musical instrument is a goombay?
(a) Symbols
(b) Drum
(c) Guitar
(d) Piano
Answer: Drum

22.Which is the International Dance?
(a) Romantic Dance
(b) Bibhu
(c) Odissi
(d) Chau
Answer: Chau

23.Samba dance is famous in
(a) Brazil
(b) Peru
(c) Argentina
(d) Mexico
Answer: Brazil

24.To which state does the Sattriya dance belong?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Manipur
(c) Assam
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Assam

25.In music how many quavers equal a crotchet?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 4
Answer: 2

26.Country whose National Anthem has only music not words is
(a) India
(b) Bahrain
(c) Germany
(d) Spain
Answer: Bahrain

27.Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?
(a) Assam
(b) Mizoram
(c) Kashmir
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Kashmir

28.Bharatnatyam is a dance form of
(a) Jandk
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu

29.A Passion For Dance was wirtten by
(a) Rukmani Dev Arundale
(b) Dr. Padma Subramanyam
(c) Sonal Man Singh
(d) Yamini Krishnamurthy
Answer: Yamini Krishnamurthy

30.Dance patterns considered sacred to Lord Shiva are in
(a) Bharatanatyam and Kathakali
(b) Kathak and Bharatanatyam
(c) Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam
(d) Oddissi and Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam

31.Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Kashmir
Answer: Kashmir

32.The Kagyat Dance is typical of
(a) Nagaland
(b) Tripura
(c) Manipur
(d) Sikkim
Answer: Sikkim

33.Which is the Rajasthani dance that is performed by women by carrying earthen pots on their heads?
(a) Raika
(b) Tera Tali
(c) Panihari
(d) Suisini
Answer: Panihari

34.Which of the following folk dances is performed by women in Punjab?
(a) Garbha
(b) Giddha
(c) Ghero
(d) Goncha
Answer: Giddha

35.Tamasha or Lalvani is the folk dance of which Indian State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Assam
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra

36.Which of these dances are performed on the edge of brass plates ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathakali
(d) Manipuri
Answer: Kuchipudi

37.Natya tarangini is a school for which Indian dance form?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Oddissi
Answer: Kuchipudi

38.Karnataka is famous for the dance form
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Yakshagana
(d) Kuchupudi
Answer: Yakshagana

39.Kuchipudi dance originated in -
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Orissa
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

40.Bharat Natyam is dance of
(a) Punjab
(b) Bihar
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Assam
Answer: Tamil Nadu

41.Bihu is dance of
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Assam
(d) Punjab
Answer: Assam

42.Bhangra is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer: Punjab

43.Chhau is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Gujarat
Answer: Bihar

44.Garhwali is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer: Uttarakhand

45.Garba is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: Gujarat

46.Hattari is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
Answer: Karnataka

47.Kathak is dance of
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Mizoram
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
Answer: Rajasthan
48.Kathakali is dance of
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
Answer: Kerala
49.Kutchipudi is dance of
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Mizoram
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
50.Khantumm is dance of
(a) Mizoram
(b) Kerala
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Mizoram
51.Karma is dance of
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Goa
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Kerala
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
52.Laho is dance of
(a) Kerala
(b) Manipur
(c) Goa
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Meghalaya
53.Mohiniattam is dance of
(a) Goa
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Manipur
(d) Kerala
Answer: Kerala
54.Mando is dance of
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Goa
(d) Manipur
Answer: Goa
55.Manipuri is dance of
(a) Manipur
(b) Orissa
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Answer: Manipur
56.Nati is dance of
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Jammu Kashmir
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
57.Nat-Natin is dance of
(a) Jammu Kashmir
(b) Karnataka
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Answer: Bihar

58.Yakshagan is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Assam
Answer: Karnataka

59.Lezin dance is popular in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Assam
Answer: Maharashtra

60.Gafa dance is popular in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Haryana
(d) J K
Answer: Maharashtra

61.Bala Saraswati is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathak
(d) Manipuri
Answer: Bharatnatyam

62.Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Manipuri
(c) Kathak
(d) Kuchipudi
Answer: Bharatnatyam

63.Kathak, Nautanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Chattisgarh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Uttaranchal
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

64.Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottam are the famous dances of
(a) Tamil Naidu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Orrissa
Answer: Kerala

65.The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is
(a) Munzra
(b) Rouf
(c) Luddi Dance
(d) Giddha parhaun
Answer: Munzra

66.The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is
(a) Faguna or Fog
(b) Bihu
(c) Purbi
(d) Jata Jatin
Answer: Jata Jatin

67.Which is a post-harvest folk dance in Assam?
(a) Ojapali
(b) None of them
(c) Ankia Nat
(d) Bihu
Answer: Bihu

68.Which of the following dances belong to Meghalaya?

(a) Naga dance and Manipur
(b) None of them
(c) Wangala laho
(d) Chiraw and kullan
Answer: Wangala laho

69.Which of the following dances of India is based upon the principle of Natyashastra?
(a) Odissi
(b) None of them
(c) Bharatnatyam
(d) Both are correct
Answer: Both are correct
     
AKM NOZMUL ISLAM
Educator

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