Very Important GK Questions for Competitive Exam
In which city was the first SCO digital exhibition dedicated to Buddhist heritage inaugurated?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Patna
(C) New Delhi
(D) Lucknow
Correct Answer : C
Ghumura is a folk dance of ______________ .
(A) Jammu &Kashmir
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Odisha
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer : C
The first Yoga master is:
(A) Manu
(B) Vyasa
(C) Agasya
(D) Patanjali
Correct Answer : D
Sattriya dance is related to which state of the country?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Assam
(C) Sikkim
(D) Nagaland
Correct Answer : B
______ is a popular music genre in Maharashtra and is a composite form of traditional song and Dance.
(A) Lavani
(B) Govandi
(C) Ghomeer
(D) Gata
Correct Answer : A
'Bathukam' is the festival of which state?
(A) Odisha
(B) Telangana
(C) Gujarat
(D) Bihar
Correct Answer : B
The annual festival of worship of 14 Gods, popularly known as Kharchi Puja was celebrated in ___.
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Tripura
(D) Assam
(E) Manipur
Correct Answer : C
The two famous painters who came to India during Humayun's reign were ?
(A) Muhammad Nazir and Abdus Samad
(B) Syed Ali and Abdus Samad
(C) Muhammad Nazir and Sayyid Ali
(D) Mansur and Sayyid Ali
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
Humayun brought two famous painters- Abdul Samad and Sayyid Ali, from Iran to Delhi.
Who was the architect of Taj Mahal?
(A) Ustad Mansoor
(B) Rahim
(C) Ustad Ahmad Lahori
(D) Khafi Khan
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
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.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below -
List-I (Saints) List-II (Sects)
I. Ramanuja (a) Shuddhadvaita
II. Madhvacharya (b) Dvaitadvaita
III. Nimbarka (c) Vishishtadvaita
IV. Vallabhacharya (d) Dvaita
Code -
(A) I- (c), II- (d), III- (b), IV- (a)
(B) I- (d), II- (c), III- ( b), IV- (a)
(C) I- (a), II- (b), III- ( c), IV- (d)
(D) I- (c), II- (b), III- (d), IV- (a)
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Ramanuja is the main proponent of Vishishtadvaita philosophy. The philosophy itself is considered to have existed long before Ramanuja's time. Vishishtadvaita is one of the most popular schools of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. Vedanta literally means the end of the Vedas. Vishisht Advaita is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. The Dvaita or “dualist” school of Hindu Vedanta philosophy originated in 13th-century South India with Sri Madhvacarya (Madhva). Madhva, who considered himself an avatar of the wind-god Vayu, argued that a body of canonical texts called the “Vedanta” or “end of the Veda” taught the fundamental difference between the individual self or atman and the ultimate reality, brahman. Nimbarka, a Telugu Brahman, yogi, and philosopher, teaches the Vaishnava bhedabheda theology of Dvaitadvaita or dualistic non-dualism. The Nimbarka Sampradaya, also known as the Hamsa Sampradaya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya, is one of the four Vaiṣṇava Sampradayas. Shuddhadvaita and vishishtadvaita is the "purely non-dual" philosophy propounded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531 CE), the founding philosopher and guru of the Vallabhā sampradaya ("tradition of Vallabh") or Pustimarg ("The path of grace"), a Hindu Vaishnava tradition focused on the worship of Krishna. Vallabhacharya's pure form (nondualist) philosophy is different from Advaita. The Shrinathji temple at Nathdwara, and compositions of eight poets (aṣṭachap), including Surdas, are central to the worship by the followers of the sect.
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