Indian Art and Culture Quiz Questions for Competitive Exams

The vast religious complex of Angkor Wat comprises more than a thousand buildings, and it is one of the great cultural wonders of the world. Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious structure, covering some 400 acres (160 hectares), and marks the high point of Khmer architecture.

Strings of Chinkara are made of horsehair. Chinkara is a bowed string instrument. It has three strings, 2 horsehairs, 1 steel. It is a local instrument found in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Bihu is the essence of Assam and is celebrated across the state with a tremendous zeal and enthusiasm.

The correct answer is Tej Kavi Jaisalmeri. Tej Kavi Jaisalmeri was born in the year 1938, started Rammat ka Akhara in the name of Shri Krishna Company. In 1943, Tej Kavi Jaisalmeri composed 'Swatantra Bavani' and presented it to Mahatma Gandhi. The British government monitored this and issued a warrant for his arrest.

Ustad-Ahmad Lahori was the main architect of the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is considered to be the greatest architectural achievement in the whole range of Indo-Islamic architecture.

It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. Rajtaringini comprises 7826 verses and is divided into eight books called Tarangas.

However, only three are regarded as the “Great Living Chola Temples,” including the temple of gangaikonda cholapuram, the brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, and the airavatesvara temple at darasuram.

The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh. Former President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla and also addressed the first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture.

Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa, also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of South India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II.

The front wall has an entrance gateway in its centre, which is known as a Gopuram. The shape of the main temple tower known as vimana in Tamil Nadu is like a stepped pyramid that rises up geometrically rather than the curving shikhara of North India.