Art & Culture UPSC PYQ 2001 — UPSC Practice Questions

Question 1

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List I (Dancer)
I. Kalamandalam Kshemavaty
II. Kottakkal Sivaraman
III. Lakshmi Viswanathan
IV. N. Madhabi Devi
List II (Dance)
A) Kathakali
B) Manipuri
C) Mohiniyattam
D) Bharata Natyam

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I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D

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I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B

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I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B

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I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D

Question 2

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

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India’s first Technicolour film — Jhansi Ki Rani

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India’s first 3-D film — My Dear Kuttichat

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India’s first insured film — Taal

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India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna — Meena Kumari

Question 3

In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located?

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Bhubaneswar

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Bijapur

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Kolkata

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Shravanabelagola

Question 4

Hoysala monuments are found in

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Hampi and Hospet

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Halebid and Belur

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Mysore and Bangalore

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Sringeri and Dharwar

Question 5

Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated the Bhagavad-Gita into English?

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William Jones

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Charles Wilkins

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Alexander Cunningham

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John Marshall

Question 6

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

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Harappan Civilisation … Painted Grey Ware

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The Kushans … Gandhara School of Art

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The Mughals … Ajanta Paintings

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The Marathas … Pahari School of Painting