Who among the following is associated with the Tabla?
(A) Hariprasad Chaurasia
(B) Sultan Khan
(C) Zakir Hussain
(D) Amjad Ali Khan
The correct answer is Zakir Hussain. Zakir Hussain is an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor.
In which year was the POSHAN Abhiyaan launched to emphasise the nutritional status of adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children in the age group of 0-6 years?
(A) 2016
(B) 2019
(C) 2017
(D) 2018
POSHAN Abhiyaan (erstwhile National Nutrition Mission) was launched in March 2018 to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner and to achieve reduction in stunting and wasting in children (0-6 years) as well as ...
Who among the following versatile musicians of India won the Best Music Director National Award for the Hindi movie ‘Rudaali’ and was also known as The ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
(A) Bhupen Hazarika
(B) Manas Robin
(C) Joi Barua
(D) Jayanta Hazarika
POSHAN Abhiyaan (erstwhile National Nutrition Mission) was launched in March 2018 to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner and to achieve reduction in stunting and wasting in children (0-6 years) as well as ...
Ashish Sankrityayan is an exponent of _________ music.
(A) Odissi
(B) Dhrupad
(C) Thumri
(D) Kajari
Who among the following writers has written the famous Hindi novel ‘Godan’?
(A) Mahadevi Verma
(B) Jai Shankar Prasad
(C) Amrita Pritam
(D) Munshi Premchand
Godaan (Hindi: गोदान, gōdān, lit. 'Cow donation') is a famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand. It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest Hindi novels of modern Indian literature.
Who among the following personalities is a Padma Vibhushan, a legendary Indian Classical Dancer behind reviving the classical dance form of Odissi in the 20th century?
(A) Surendra Nath Jena
(B) Gangadhar Pradhan
(C) Hare Krishna Behera
(D) Kelucharan Mohapatra
The correct answer is Kelucharan Mahapatra. Kelucharan Mohapatra was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of the Odissi dance. He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha.
What percentage of the rural population uses safe and functional toilets as per the 2019-20 National Sample Survey report?
(A) 83%
(B) 85%
(C) 82%
(D) 88%
The data for the same is comparable only with National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey, round three, 2019-20. According to this, 85 per cent of the rural population used safe and functional toilets.
The nineteenth century saw the golden age of Kathak under the patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of __________.
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Rampur
(C) Oudh
(D) Jaunpur
The 19th century saw the golden age of Kathak under the patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh.
Who among the following won Arjuna Award 2021 in Para Archery discipline?
(A) Abhishek Verma
(B) Harvinder Singh
(C) Rishabh Yadav
(D) Aman Saini
The correct answer is Harvinder Singh. Harvinder Singh won the Arjuna award in 2021 in the Para Archery discipline.
Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan, popularly known as the Dhananjayans were awarded with Rashtriya Kalidas Samman for the year __________.
(A) 2018-19
(B) 2019-20
(C) 2020-21
(D) 2017-18
The correct answer is 2019-20. The award is named after Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India.
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