Month: February 2021

Chikankari [ Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh ] , Sujini [ Bihar ] , Kashida [ Jammu and Kashmir ] , Phulkari [ Punjab ] , Kantha [ West Bengal ] , Shamilami [ Manipur ] , Khneng [ Meghalaya ] , Pipli [ Odisha ] , Kasuti [ Karnataka ] , Gota [ Rajasthan ] , Chamba Rumal [ Himachal Pradesh ] and Toda [ Tamil Nadu ]

पारंपरिक कढ़ाई :

चिकनकारी [लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश], सुजिनी [बिहार], काशीदा [जम्मू और कश्मीर], फुलकारी [पंजाब], कांथा [पश्चिमबंगाल], शामिलामी [मणिपुर], खनेंग [मेघालय], पिपली [ओडिशा], कसुती / कसुथी [ कर्नाटक], गोटा [राजस्थान], चंबा रुमाल [हिमाचल प्रदेश] और टोडा [तमिलनाडु]

Q Traditional Phulkari embroidery style is most popular in which state ?

1 West Bengal

2 Odisha

3 Punjab

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Kasuti is a traditional form of folk embroidery practised in the state of :

1 Karnataka

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Odisha

2 Punjab

Q Phulkari , Kantha and Chikankari are famous forms of _____ in India .

1 Dance

2 Painting

3 Music

4 Embroidery

Q Which place is famous for ‘Zardozi’ embroidery ?

1 Agra

2 Patna

3 Varanasi

4 Gwalior

Q ‘Kashida’ is a type of embroidery that is famous in which Indian state ?

1 Punjab

2 West Bengal

3 Jammu And Kashmir

4 Rajasthan

Q The ‘Sujini’ embroidery work belongs to the state of :

1 Siikkim

2 Bihar

3 Rajasthan

4 Odisha

Q Kasuti is a traditional form of folk embroidery practised in the state of :

1 Karnataka

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Bihar

4 Punjab

Q The hand-stitched design Chikankari is mainly associated with the state :

1 Karnataka

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Nagaland

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Match the following embroidery arts with their related States :

Embroidery Arts : States

1 Phulkari : Punjab

2 Karchobi : Rajasthan

3 Dharaniya : Gujarat

4 Kasuti : Uttar Pradesh

Phulkari	Punjab
Karchobi	Rajasthan
Dharaniya	Gujarat
Kasuti	Karnataka

Q The traditional art of embroidery unique to the weavers of Lucknow is called ____

1 Phulkari

2 Kashida

3 Chikankari

4 Zardozi

Q Name the King who built the famous Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneshwar ?

1 Jajati Keshari

2 Dharmaratha

3 Janmejaya I

4 Bhimratha

Q Who headed the ‘Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee ‘ in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?

1 JB Kripalani

2 Gopinath Bordoloi

3 KM Munsi

4 GV Malavankar

Q The Gol Gumbad [ Gumbaz ] of _______ mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah .

1 Bijapur

2 Agra

3 Delhi

4 Allahabad

Q Who was the Secretary of Constituent Assembly ?

1 HVR Iyengar

2 Rajendra Prasad

3 HC Mookherjee

4 Hussain Imam

Q Who authored the book title ‘Barna Parichay’ ?

1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3 Rabindranath Tagore

4 Swami Dayananda

Q Tutilawa Mela is a festival celebrated in the state of :

1 Jharkhand

2 Rajasthan

3 Gujarat

4 Telangana

Q Who among the following were hanged for killing British officers Walter Charles Rand and Charles Ayerst in the year 1897 ?

1 Chapekar Brothers

2 Bhagat Singh and Rajguru

3 Madan Lal Dhingra

4 Anant Laxman Kanhere

Q Raja Festival and Nuakhai festival are associated with Indian State ?

1 Kerala

2 Rajasthan

3 Odisha

4 Manipur

Q Who became the first CM of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1993 ?

1 Madan Lal Khurana

2 Sahib Singh Verma

3 Sushma Swaraj

4 Sheila Dixit

Q Madai festival is celebrated in which state of India ?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Rajasthan

3 Kerala

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Who was the founder of Vakataka Dynasty in the third century ?

1 Vindhyashakti

2 Nagabhata

3 Rudrasena

4 Pravarasena

Q ‘Bhaona’ is a traditional culture theatre form of :

1 Assam

2 Kerala

3 Maharashtra

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q The tribal festival named Pawl kut is traditionally associated with ?

1–Mizoram

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Haryana

Q Varkala beach , also known as papanasham beach is in which state of India ?

1 Kerala

2 Odisha

3 Goa

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Ladang is the name given to shifting cultivation in :

1 Indonesia

2 Brazil

3 Sri Lanka

4 Conuco

Slash and burn agriculture

‘Milpa’ [ in Mexico and Central America ] , ‘Conuco’ [ in Venezuela ] , ‘Roca’ [ in Brazil ] , ‘Masole’ [ in Central Africa ] , ‘Ladang’ [ in Indonesia ] , ‘Ray’ [ in Vietnam ] , ‘Chena’ [ in Sri Lanka ]

Q With which of the following states are songs called ‘Lotia’ traditionally associated ?

1 Rajasthan

2 Assam

3 Tripura

4 Manipur

Q In which of the following states is the Chitrakoot waterfalls on Indravati river located ?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Jharkhand

3 Maharashtra

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q The tribal festival named ‘Yemshe’ is traditionally associated with ?

1 Nagaland

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Himachal Pradesh

QWhich of the following monasteries is NOT located in Sikkim ?

1 Enchey

2 Ralong

3 Pemayangste

4 Tabo

Q Which of the following is a dance form of Haryana ?

1 Phaag

2 Velakali

3 Chaiti

4 Nati

Q With which of the following is the term ‘Vesara’ associated?

1 Temple architecture

2 Classical music

3 Folk dance

4 Tribal festival

Q The Burial site of Inamgaon lies along the river _____

1 Ghod

2 Mahi

3 Subarnarekha

4 Penner

Q Territory consumers make up for the ____ trophic level in the food chain.

1 first

2 second

3 third

4 fourth

Ist Topical Level : Producer

2nd Trophic Level : Primary Consumer

3rd Trophic Level : Secondary Consumer

4th Trophic Level : Tertiary Consumer

Q Garia Puja is a festival celebrated in the third week of April . This festival is related to which of the following states ?

1 Tripura

2 Punjab

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q ______ is a tamil festival wherein temple idols are taken in a procession to a water body for a ceremonial bath.

1 Masi Magam

2 Mopin

3 Vettukad

4 Khuado Kut

Q Mopin festival is an agricultural festival celebrated by the Galo tribe of :

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Shadow Lines’ ?

1 Amitav Ghosh

2 VS Naipaul

3 Shashi Tharoor

4 Ruskin Bond

Q Digboi Oil Refinery , commissioned on 11 December 1901 , is India’s oldest operating refineries in the world . It is located in ____

1 Assam

2 Maharashtra

3 Gujarat

4 Kerala

Q Which of the following books was NOT written by MK Gandhi ?

1 Golden Threshold

2 India of My Dreams

3 Indian Home Rule

4 Nature Cure

Golden Threshold [ collection of poems ]

Sarojini Naidu

Q Who discovered vaccination against anthrax ?

1 Louis Pasteur

2 Edward Jenner

3 Robert Koch

4 Maurice Hilleman

Q Name the Sikh Guru who developed the Gurmukhi script for writing the Punjabi language ?

1 Guru Angad

2 Guru Nanak Dev

3 Guru Gobind Singh

4 Guru Ram Das

Q Tuluni Festival is associated with which Indian State ?

1 Nagaland

2 Goa

3 Haryana

4 Kerala

Q Which of the following tribes of India celebrates the Baneshwar Festival?

1 Bhil

2 Gond

3 Kodava

4 Naga

Q The folk songs named ‘Pankhida’ traditionally belong to :

1 Rajasthan

2 Chhattisgarh

3 Odisha

4 Goa

Q In which of the following years was Article 21 A inserted in the Constitution of India ?

1 2002

2 2004

3 2006

4 2008

Q In how many books is ‘Akbar Nama’ written by Abul Fazal , divided ?

1 three

2 four

3 two

4 one

Ist Volume dealth with Akbar’s ancestors

2nd Volume recorded the events of Akbar’s reign

3rd Volume is the Ain-i-Akbari [Ain-i-Akbari’ is itself divided into five books ]

Q In which year was the 9th schedule added in the Constitution of India ?

1 1951

2 1956

3 1954

4 1959

Q In which of the following states are Dafla Hills mainly spread ?

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Odisha

3 Jharkhand

4 West Bengal

Q ‘ Maach’ is the traditional ____ of Madhya Pradesh

1 Folk dance

2 Puppet form

3 Classical dance

4 Theatre form

Q Who was the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom ?

1 Alauddin Hasan Gangu

2 Malik Kafur

3 Muhammad Ghori

4 Allauddin Khilji

Q ‘Vishu’ is one of the famous festivals of which of the following states ?

1 Kerala

2 Odisha

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Assam

Q In which of the following cities is the ‘Thirumalai Nayaka palace located ?

1 Madurai

2 Chennai

3 Mysuru

4 Kanyakumari

Q Itai-Itai disease is caused by the toxicity of which of the following elements ?

1 Cadmium

2 Mercury

3 Arsenic

4 Lead

Q Which of the following is the popular harvest festival of Meghalaya ?

1 Wangala [ Festival of 100 drums ]

2 Chapchar Kut

3 Bihu

4 Vishu

Q In which state will you find a monument called ‘Teen Darwaza’ ?

1 Gujarat

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Karnataka

4 Haryana

Q ‘Damane’ and ‘Hulki’ are popular traditional musical instruments from the state of?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Assam

3 Kerala

4 Odisha

Q What was the percentage of land revenue taken as tax in ‘Sardeshmukhi’ in the Maratha Empire ?

1 9-10 %

2 40-50 %

3 25-30 %

4 1-2 %

Q The ‘Modhera Dance Festival’ held every year during the third week of January belongs to the state of :

1 Gujarat

2 Odisha

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Maharashtra

Q Jaggahalige Kunita , which includes the vachanas of Basavanna , is folk music from the Indian state of ___

1 Karnataka

2 Odisha

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Rajasthan

Q On the bank of which river was the Battle of Dharmatpur fought on 15 April 1658 between Aurangzeb and Maharaja Jaswant Singh ?

1 Narmada

2 Krishna

3 Yamuna

4 Sutlej

Q The festival of Pang Lhabsol is celebrated mainly throughout _____

1 Sikkim

2 Nagaland

3 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Mizoram

Q While performing the Suwa folk dance of Chhattisgarh , women act like which of the following birds ?

1 Parrot

2 Pigeon

3 Peacock

4 Hornbill

Q Which of the following is a bowed instrument that Pandit Ram Narayan , an Indian musician popularlised and made him known internationally ?

1 Sarangi

2 Tabla

3 Sitar

4 Violin

Q Which region is the theatre form named ‘Dashavatar’ traditionally asssociated ?

1. Kalinga

2 Kutch

3 Konkan

4 Thar

Q _______ is held in memory of Forty Sikh martyrs in Punjab .

1 Maghi Mela

2 Holla Mohalla

3 Lohri

4 Teeyan

4 Baisakhi

Q The Highest peak of Bangladesh is ____

1 Keokradong

2 Mount Pedro

3 Gangkhar Puensum

4 Mount Hkakabo

Q How many Committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constitution?

1 22

2 18

3 14

4 8

Q The folk drama named ‘Therukoothu’ traditionally belongs to :

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Assam

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Karnataka

Q Nyauli is a folk song form of the state of :

1 Uttarakhand

2 Maharashtra

3 Rajasthan

4 Chhattisgarh

Q Which of the following is the longest river in Nepal ?

1 Trishuli

2 Arun

3 Tamor

4 Karnali

Q The Kambala festival of Karnataka is essentially associated with what ?

1 Cock fighting

2 Buffalo race

3 Tribal dance

4 Bull fighting

Splashing the mud and racing across the fields , the roaring buffalos raced by a man are typical sights for Kambala festival of Karnataka

Festivals & Rituals Involving Animals:

Q With which of the following states is Jallikattu , the traditional bull taming sport , associated ?

1 Rajasthan

2 Kerala

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Gujarat

Jallikattu is a bull taming festival held mainly in Tamil Nadu . It is celebrated on the third day [ Mattu Pongal ] of the Pongal festival

Q Farmers in some parts of India celebrate the Pola festival by worshiping their _.

1. farm tool

2 sancestors

3 farms

4 bullocks

Farmers in some parts of India [ Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh ] celebrate the Pola festival by worshiping their bullocks

Frog Wedding [ Bhekuli Biya ] : Assam

Frog wedding [ Bhekulu Biya ] is a big celebration in Assam to please rain god to shower blessing on them

Cockfight : Andhra Pradesh

Bullock Cart Race : Maharashtra

Sorai juj [ Traditional Bulbuli birds fight in Magh Bihu ] : Assam

Dhirio : Goa

Bull fight is a very popular game in Goa that takes palce between two bulls . It is known as ‘Dhirio’ in Konkani and is a simple game in which the bulls fight one another

Fox Darshan : Tamil Nadu

Males of many villages in Salem capture a fox in the forest and showcase it to the villagers as part of Pongal rituals

Currently , there are six languages that enjoy the ‘Classical’ status in India

Tamil	2004
Sanskrit	2005
Kannada	2008
Telugu	2008
Malayalam	2013
Odia	2014

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National Hindi Day : 14 September

Hindi was adopted as the national language in India by the Indian constitution on September 14 , 1949 to commemorate the adoption of the Hindi as the official language of India

World Hindi Day : 10 January

World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on January 10 to mark the first World Hindi Conference . The first World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur on January 10 in 1975

Q How many languages enjoy the ‘Classical status in India ?

1 6

2 8

3 9

4 22

शास्त्रीय भाषाएँ

तमिल [ 2004 ] , संस्कृत [ 2005 ] , कन्नड़ [ 2008 ] , तेलुगु [2008 ] , मलयालम [ 2013 ] और उड़िया [ 2014 ]

Q Which of the following was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India ?

1 Tamil

2 Sanskrit

3 Odia

4 Telugu

Q In which year did Malayalam receive the status of Classical Language?

1 2013

2 2010

3 2004

4 2008

Q Part of XVII of Indian Constitution deals with _____

1 Elections

2 Official langauge

3 Panchayat

4 Fundamental Rights

Q Part XVII of the Constitution of India deals with the official language in Articles 343 to
__.

1 352

2 349

3 356

4 351

Q The spelling Oriya was replaced by Odia by which Constitutional Amendment Act ?

1 96th Constitutional Amendment Act , 2011

2 21st Constitutional Amendment Act , 1967

3 71st Constitutional Amendment Act , 1992

4 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act , 2003

Q ‘Kui’ language is mostly spoken in which state of India ?

1 Odisha

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Karnataka

4 Kerala

Q Which schedule of Indian Constitution deals with the languages ?

1 Ninth

2 Eight

3 First

4 Second

Q By which constitutional amendment Sindhi language was included as the 15th regional language in the Eight Schedule ?

1 26th Constitutional Amendment Act , 1971

2 21st Constitutional Amendment Act , 1967

3 19th Constitutional Amendment Act , 1966

4 24th Constitutional Amendment Act , 1971

Q Which of the following was the second language to be accorded classical language status in India?

Ans A. Kannada

 B. Odia 

C. Sanskrit

 D. Tami

Q Sanskrit was declared as a classical language in which year ?

1 2004

2 2005

3 2008

4 2014

Q Which of the following language has been given the status of classical language by central government in 2014 ?

1 Odia

2 Telugu

3 Tamil

4 Sanskrit

Q Which of these language is declared ‘classical by the Government of India ?

1 Sindhi

2 Odia

3 Bodo

4 Dogri

Q Which of the following languages is NOT recognised in the Eighth Schedule of the
Constitution?

1 Nepali

2 Sindhi

3 Bhojpuri

4 Santhali

Q Based on the information available till 26 January 1950, how many languages were
included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

1 18

2 15

3 14

4 22

Q As per the eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, how many languages are referred to as scheduled languages? 

Ans 1. 14

 2. 20 

3. 22

 4. 18

Q Which of the following is NOT an official language of the United Nations ?

1 English

2 Chinese

3 Japanese

4 Arabic

Six official languages of the United Nations

Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spanish

Q In which amendment to the constitution were the Bodo , Dogri , Santhali , and Maithili added to the list of recognised language ?

1 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 2003

2 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 2003

3 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act , 2018

4 101st Constitutional Amendment Act , 2016

Sindhi	21st Amendment Act , 1967
Konkani , Manipuri and Nepali	71st Amendment Act , 1992
Bodo , Maithili , Dogri and Santhali	92nd Amendment Act , 2003

Q Which of the following is the 15th language included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian
Constitution?

1 Assamese

2 Odia

3 Bengali

4 Sindhi

Language included in the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution

(1) Assamese , (2) Bengali , (3) Gujarati , (4) Hindi , (5) Kannada , (6) Kashmiri , (7) Konkani , (8) Malayalam , (9) Manipuri , (10) Marathi , (11) Nepali , (12) Oriya , (13) Punjabi , (14) Sanskrit , (15) Sindhi , (16) Tamil , (17) Telugu , (18) Urdu (19) Bodo , (20) Santhali , (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.