With which of the following garden is the name of Nekchand Saini associated?
(A) Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar
(B) Rock Garden, Chandigarh
(C) Hanging Garden, Mumbai
(D) Vrindavan Garden, Mysore
1. The famous Rock Garden is located in Chandigarh.
2. The first rock garden in India has been established in Chandigarh.
3. It was constructed in the year 1957 by Officer Nek Chand.
4. The first rock garden of Chandigarh is also known as Nek Chand Rock Garden.
Who got the Mahabharata translated into Persian?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Who founded the Warkari sect of Maharashtra?
(A) Tukaram
(B) Namdev
(C) Visoba Khechr
(D) Dhyaneshwar
In which state is the Flamingo festival celebrated?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Bihar
The folk dance Hojagiri originated and is associated with which part of India?
(A) South
(B) North-East
(C) North
(D) West
The Correct Answer is "Tripura" North East. Hojagiri is a folk dance performed in the state of Tripura by the Reang people. Reang is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Indian state of Tripura.
One of the avatars of Vishnu is depicted in art as bringing up the earth from the ocean. Which avatar is that?
(A) Fish
(B) Kurma
(C) Varaha
(D) Parshuram
Varaha, (Sanskrit: “Boar”) third of the 10 incarnations (avatars) of the Hindu god Vishnu. When a demon named Hiranyaksha dragged the earth to the bottom of the sea, Vishnu took the form of a boar in order to rescue it.
Which of the following languages belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family?
(A) Assamese
(B) Persian
(C) Sindhi
(D) Khasi
There are 8 Tibeto-Burman languages with over 1,000,000 speakers (Burmese, Tibetan, Bai, Yi [Lolo], Karen, Meitei, Hani, Jingpo) and altogether about 50 with more than 100,000 speakers.
The four Dravidian language families of India are:
(A) Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi
(B) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
(C) Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi
(D) English, French, German, Spanish
The Dravidian language family's four largest languages — Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu — have literary traditions spanning centuries, of which Tamil reaches back the furthest, researchers said.
The ‘Rann Utsav’ is organised in which of the following states of India to promote tourism?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Maharashtra
1. Rann Utsav is a wonderful festival in Kutch, Gujarat.
2. Kutch Mahotsav features various Kutch attractions like White Rann, Mandvi beach, handicraft villages, Kutch textiles made by local artists, remarkable beautiful natural wonders and the heritage of Kutch.
3. Kutch, one of the most ecologically and ethnically diverse districts of Gujarat, is a festive land of arts, crafts, music, dance, people and nature.
With which of the following is the term 'Vesara' associated?
(A) Classical music
(B) Folk dance
(C) Temple architecture
(D) Tribal festival
The correct answer is Temple Architecture. It is a hybridized style of Nagara and Dravida style of temple architecture. It became popular after the mid-seventh century in the region of Karnataka, under the patronage of Chalukyas rulers.
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