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1. Where the Sangai Festival is celebrated?

(A) Manipur

(B) Mizoram

(C) Asam

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Manipur

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2. In which city Elephant festival is celebrated?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Kota

(C) Ajmer

(D) Jodhpur

Answer: Jaipur

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3. Where the Chapchar Kut festival is celebrated in March ?

(A) Mizoram

(B) Assam

(C) Sikkim

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Mizoram

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4. In which field Vyas Samman is given?

(A) Fims

(B) Music

(C) Literature

(D) Dance

Answer: Literature

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5. Where the Pancha mahal is situated?

(A) Agra

(B) Fatehpur Sikri

(C) Secunderabad

(D) Delhi

Answer: Fatehpur Sikri

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6. What was the name of India’s first indigenously made color film.?

(A) Kisan Kanya

(B) Devdas

(C) Mughal-e-Azam

(D) Raja Harishchandra

Answer: Kisan Kanya

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7. What is the name of the first full-length Indian feature film?

(A) Mughal-e-Azam

(B) Raja Harishchandra

(C) Kisan Kanya

(D) Devdas

Answer: Raja Harishchandra

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8. In which field ’Puttaraj Samman’ is given for outstanding work?

(A) Fims

(B) Music

(C) Literature

(D) Dance

Answer: Music

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9. In which of the following temple, Shiva is worshipped as “Natraja”?

(A) Tanjore

(B) Chidambaram

(C) Madurai

(D) Brihadeeswarar

Answer: Chidambaram

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10. In which state of India, the famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated?

(A) Nagaland

(B) Assam

(C) Mizoram

(D) Meghalaya

Answer: Nagaland

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11. In North Eastern India,which communities festival is ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ ?

(A) Garo

(B) Deori

(C) Ahom

(D) Koch

Answer: Ahom

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Me-Dam-Me-Phi is one of the important festivals observed by the Ahoms from very ancient times. The word ‘Me’ means offerings. ‘Dam’ means ancestors and ‘Phi’ means gods. So the word ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ means oblations offered to the dead and sacrifices to gods.It is the manifestation of the concept of ancestor worship that the Ahoms share with other peoples originating from the Tai-Shan stock. It is a festival to show respect to the departed ancestors and remember their contribution to society.

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12. Who is known as the ‘Mozart of Madras’?

(A) Dev Kumar

(B) Raj Kumar

(C) Manoj Kumar

(D) A.R. Rahman

Answer: A.R. Rahman

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13. Where the folk dance ‘Rouff’ originates in India?

(A) Assam

(B) Mizoram

(C) Kashmir

(D) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Kashmir

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14. In which state the ‘Sangai Festival’ is celebrated?

(A) Manipur

(B) Assam

(C) Mizoram

(D) Nagaland

Answer: Manipur

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Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department.Previously it was known as ‘Tourism Festival’.since 2010 this has been renamed as the Sangai Festival to stage the uniqueness of the shy and gentle brow-antlered deer popularly known as the Sangai Deer, which is the state animal of Manipur.

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15. For which type of Hindustani classical music,’Gundecha brothers’ is known?

(A) Tarana

(B) Thumri

(C) Ghazal

(D) Dhrupad

Answer: Dhrupad

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Umakant Gundecha and Ramakant Gundecha, known as the Gundecha Brothers, are leading Dagarvani dhrupad singers. They always sing together. So together they have been awarded Padmashree for 2012 in the field of Art – Indian Classical Music – Vocal – Madhya Pradesh.

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16. ‘Ikebana’ is related to which Japanese art?

(A) Wall painting

(B) Chorus Dance

(C) Flower Decoration

(D) Sculptures

Answer: Flower Decoration

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‘Ikebana’ is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.It is also known as Kado. A Kado teacher is called sensei.

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17. In which field Satyen Bose is associated?

(A) Drawing and Painting

(B) Stage Acting

(C) Motion Picture

(D) Classical Dance

Answer: Motion Picture

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Satyen Bose was a film director from India. He has directed both Bengali and Hindi language films. Among his most notable films are Raat Aur Din, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Dosti and Jagriti. Jagriti won the Filmfare Best Movie Award in 1956 and Dosti won the same award in 1964.

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18. What is the name of the largest cattle fairs in India?

(A) Sonepur Cattle fair

(B) Nagaur Cattle fair

(C) Pushkar Cattle Fair

(D) Gangapur Cattle Fair

Answer: Sonepur Cattle fair

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Sonepur is a town situated on the bank of river Gandak near Patna in Bihar. It is famous for largest cattle fair in India known as The Sonepur Mela held on the confluence of holy river Ganges and Gandak. Sonepur Cattle Fair is the biggest cattle fair of Asia held annually on Kartik Poornima in the month of November.Haathi Bazaar is the major attraction of Sonepur Mela, numerous elephants are beautifully decorated for the purpose of sale.

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19. ‘Madhubani’ a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Bihar

Answer: Bihar

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20. What is the name of the highest literary award in India?

(A) Jnanpith Award

(B) Vyas Samman

(C) Saraswati Samman

(D) Sahitya Akademi Award

Answer: Jnanpith Award

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Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary honour. Its name has been taken from Sanskrit words Jnana and Pitha which means knowledge-seat. It was instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by the Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns the Times of India newspaper group.Recently eminent hindi litterateur Krishna Sobti (92) was awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017 for her path-breaking contribution to Indian literature. She will be overall eight women to win this prestigious award.

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21. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year?

(A) Austria

(B) Switzerland

(C) Germany

(D) France

Answer: Austria

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The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization.

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22. Who is the voice behind the audio book “Wings of Fire” written by former President APJ Abdul Kalam?

(A) Om Puri

(B) Harish Bhimani

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Girish Karnad

Answer: Girish Karnad

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23. With which art ‘Ramkinker Baij’ is associated?

(A) Dancer

(B) Violinist

(C) Sculptor

(D) Singer

Answer: Sculptor

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He was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture.In his mid-teens he used to paint portraits of Indian freedom fighters involved in the Non-Cooperation Movement against the British rulers of India. At age of 16 he got noticed by the renowned journalist Ramananda Chatterjee. Four years later he joined the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan as a student of fine arts. After obtaining a diploma from the university he went on to head the sculpture department.

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24. Where the Anthropological Museum is located in India?

(A) Port Blair

(B) New Delhi

(C) Visakhapatnam

(D) Hyderabad

Answer: Port Blair

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25. Where the Samudrika Naval Marine Museum is located?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Delanipur

(C) Mumbai

(D) Bangalore

Answer: Delanipur

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26. Where the Bapu Museum / Victoria Jubilee Museum is located?

(A) Vijayawada

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bangalore

(D) Mumbai

Answer: Vijayawada

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27. Where the Nizam Museum is located in India?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) New Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Patna

Answer: Hyderabad

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28. Where the Indian Air Force Museum is located?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Goa

(C) Mumbai

(D) New Delhi

Answer: New Delhi

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29. Where the National Gandhi Museum is located?

(A) Mumbai

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bangalore

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: New Delhi

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30. Where the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is not located?

(A) Patna

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bangalore

(D) Mumbai

Answer: Patna

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The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. It has collection of more than 14,000 works.

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31. Where the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is located?

(A) Patna

(B) Bangalore

(C) Mumbai

(D) New Delhi

Answer: New Delhi

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32. Where the Shankar’s International Dolls Museum is located?

(A) Bangalore

(B) New Delhi

(C) Patna

(D) Mumbai

Answer: New Delhi

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33. Where the Calico Museum of Textiles is located?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Ahmedabad

(D) Bangalore

Answer: Ahmedabad

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34. In which region Angami tribal group is dominant?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Nagaland

(C) Telangana

(D) Assam

Answer: Nagaland

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35. In which state the Gaddis tribal group is dominant?

(A) Himachal Pradesh

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

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36. Which of the following tribal group is dominant in Jharkhnad?

(A) Todas

(B) Chakma

(C) Mundas

(D) Santals

Answer: Mundas

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37. Which tribal group is dominant in the ‘Blue Mountains’ of South India(Nilgiri)?

(A) Lepchas

(B) Uralis

(C) Sentinelese

(D) Todas

Answer: Todas

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38. In which region the Abor tribes is dominant in India?

(A) Manipur

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Kerala

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

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39. In which region the Shompens tribes is dominant in India?

(A) Meghalaya

(B) Tripura

(C) Mizoram

(D) Andaman and Nicobar

Answer: Andaman and Nicobar

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40. In which of the following region the Jarawas tribal group is dominant?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Little Andaman

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Chhattisgarh

Answer: Little Andaman

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41. In which region the Santals tribes is dominant?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Manipur

(C) Birbhum

(D) Kerala

Answer: Birbhum

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42. In which region the Kurukh/Uraon/Oran/Oram tribes is dominant in India?

(A) Assam

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Jharkhand

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43. In which region the Lepchas tribes is dominant?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Manipur

(C) Mikirs

(D) Khas

Answer: Sikkim

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44. In which region the Dhodia tribes is dominant?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Gujarat

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Odisha

Answer: Gujarat

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45. In which region the Velips tribes is dominant?

(A) Chhattisgarh

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tripura

(D) Goa

Answer: Goa

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46. In which region the Purigpa tribes is dominant?

(A) Assam

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Gujarat

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

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47. In which region the Aptanis/Tanw/Apa/Apa Tani tribes is dominant?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Nagaland

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

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48. In which region the Chenchus tribes is dominant?

(A) Bihar

(B) Odisha

(C) Tripura

(D) Manipur

Answer: Odisha

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49. In which region the Badagas tribes is dominant?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu(Nilgiri)

(C) Sikkim

(D) Rajasthan

Answer: Tamil Nadu(Nilgiri)

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50. In which region the Bhils tribes is dominant?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) West Bengal

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Rajasthan

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51. In which region the Garo tribes is dominant?

(A) Assam

(B) Nagaland

(C) Mizoram

(D) Meghalaya‎

Answer: Meghalaya‎

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52. In which region the Gujjars tribes is dominant?

(A) Himachal Pradesh

(B) Sikkim

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Telangana

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

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53. In which state the style of folk paintings – Madhubani/Mithila is popular?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Bihar

(D) West Bengal

Answer: Bihar

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Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterised by eye-catching geometrical patterns. There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja, Upanayana, Durga Puja.

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54. In which field of art Jamini Roy is associated?

(A) Drama

(B) Sculpture

(C) Painting

(D) Music

Answer: Painting

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He was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1954 . He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality and contribution to the emergence of modern art in India remains unquestionable.

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55. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year?

(A) Switzerland

(B) Germany

(C) Austria

(D) France

Answer: Austria

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56. In which state is the Losoong festival celebrated?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Tibet

(D) Sikkim

Answer: Sikkim

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Art and Culture GK Important for UPSC, SSC, PSC, CHSL, CDS, WBCS, CGL, IAS, NDA, Railways, Banks, etc.

1. Where the Sangai Festival is celebrated?

2. In which city Elephant festival is celebrated?

3. Where the Chapchar Kut festival is celebrated in March ?

4. In which field Vyas Samman is given?

5. Where the Pancha mahal is situated?

6. What was the name of India’s first indigenously made color film.?

7. What is the name of the first full-length Indian feature film?

8. In which field ’Puttaraj Samman’ is given for outstanding work?

9. In which of the following temple, Shiva is worshipped as “Natraja”?

10. In which state of India, the famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated?

11. In North Eastern India,which communities festival is ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ ?

12. Who is known as the ‘Mozart of Madras’?

13. Where the folk dance ‘Rouff’ originates in India?

14. In which state the ‘Sangai Festival’ is celebrated?

15. For which type of Hindustani classical music,’Gundecha brothers’ is known?

16. ‘Ikebana’ is related to which Japanese art?

17. In which field Satyen Bose is associated?

18. What is the name of the largest cattle fairs in India?

19. ‘Madhubani’ a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?

20. What is the name of the highest literary award in India?

21. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year?

22. Who is the voice behind the audio book “Wings of Fire” written by former President APJ Abdul Kalam?

23. With which art ‘Ramkinker Baij’ is associated?

24. Where the Anthropological Museum is located in India?

25. Where the Samudrika Naval Marine Museum is located?

26. Where the Bapu Museum / Victoria Jubilee Museum is located?

27. Where the Nizam Museum is located in India?

28. Where the Indian Air Force Museum is located?

29. Where the National Gandhi Museum is located?

30. Where the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is not located?

31. Where the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is located?

32. Where the Shankar’s International Dolls Museum is located?

33. Where the Calico Museum of Textiles is located?

34. In which region Angami tribal group is dominant?

35. In which state the Gaddis tribal group is dominant?

36. Which of the following tribal group is dominant in Jharkhnad?

37. Which tribal group is dominant in the ‘Blue Mountains’ of South India(Nilgiri)?

38. In which region the Abor tribes is dominant in India?

39. In which region the Shompens tribes is dominant in India?

40. In which of the following region the Jarawas tribal group is dominant?

41. In which region the Santals tribes is dominant?

42. In which region the Kurukh/Uraon/Oran/Oram tribes is dominant in India?

43. In which region the Lepchas tribes is dominant?

44. In which region the Dhodia tribes is dominant?

45. In which region the Velips tribes is dominant?

46. In which region the Purigpa tribes is dominant?

47. In which region the Aptanis/Tanw/Apa/Apa Tani tribes is dominant?

48. In which region the Chenchus tribes is dominant?

49. In which region the Badagas tribes is dominant?

50. In which region the Bhils tribes is dominant?

51. In which region the Garo tribes is dominant?

52. In which region the Gujjars tribes is dominant?

53. In which state the style of folk paintings – Madhubani/Mithila is popular?

54. In which field of art Jamini Roy is associated?

55. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year?

56. In which state is the Losoong festival celebrated?

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