There are 15 Intangible Cultural Heritage Elements from India inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List
S.No | ICH Element | Year of Inscription |
| 1 | Tradition of Vedic chanting | 2008 |
| 2 | Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana | 2008 |
| 3 | Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre | 2008 |
| 4 | Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India | 2009 |
| 5 | Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala | 2010 |
| 6 | Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan | 2010 |
| 7 | Chhau dance | 2010 |
| 8 | Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India | 2012 |
| 9 | Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur | 2013 |
| 10 | Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India | 2014 |
| 11 | Yoga | 2016 |
| 12 | Nawrouz / Navruz | 2016 |
| 13 | Kumbh Mela | 2017 |
14 | Durga Puja | 2021 |
| 15 | Garba | 2023 |
Q In 2021, which of the following festival of India has been included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO?
1 Kolkata’s Durga Puja
4 Cuttack‘s Bali Jatra
3 Patna’s Chhath Puja
4 Jaipur’ Teej
Q In 2010, considering its outstanding value and vulnerability, UNESCO recognised ‘Mudiyettu’, an age-old ritual-drama of ___, as an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’.
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Karnataka
3 Kerala
4 Telangana
Q How many Intangible Cultural Heritage elements from India inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List ?
1 11
2 10
3 15
4 12
Q In which of the following years was the Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh included in the UNESCO’S list of Intangible cultural heritage ?
1 2014
2 2012
3 2016
4 2013
Q In which year were the ‘Kalbelia’ folk songs and dances of Rajasthan included in UNESCO’s representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage ?
1 2010
2 2008
3 2012
4 2021
Q UNESCO recognized Kumbh Mela as Intangible Cultural Heritage in the year _
1 2015
2 2017
3 2016
4 2018
Q In which year was ‘Ramlila’ inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
1. 2010
2 2008
3 2006
4 2012
Q Which of the following is NOT recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage [ ICH ] by UNESCO ?
1 Sitar Vadan
2 Yoga
3 Kumbh Mela
4 Chhau dance
Q Which of the following folk songs and dances was inscribed on the UNESCO
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010?
1. Gair
2 Bhavai
4 Kalbelia
4 Chari
Q Which is the only surviving specimen of the ancient Sanskrit theatre recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity?
Ans 1. Kutiyattam
2. Kathakali
3. Yakshagana
4. Bhavai
Q The community called Thatheras figures in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, UNESCO for __.
1. manufacturing terracotta decorative objects
2 manufacturing brass and copper utensils
3 their traditional dance form called Bhangra
4 their martial art
Q Which of the following dances is in UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage List?
1. Fugdi
2 Chhau
3 Jhoomar
4 Dalkhai
Q In which year did UNESCO include Yoga in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list?
1 2014
2 2016
2018
4 2015
Q Which of the following is inscribed in the UNESCO as an Intangible cultural heritage ?
1 Nowruz
2 Dussehra
3 Vaisakhi
4 Gudi Padwa