GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 01

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 01

1) The National Song of India was composed by

A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
C) Iqbal
D) Jai Shankar Prasad
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
 
2) The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at
A) Nasik
B) Ujjain
C) Allahabad
D) Haridwar
Answer: Haridwar
 
3) The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was
A) Kathakali
B) Odissi
C) Kathak
D) Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam
 
4) The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkata
Answer: New Delhi
 
5) Kathak is a classical dance of
A) North India
B) Tamilnadu
C) Manipur
D) Kerala
Answer: North India
 
6) "Madhubani", a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Bihar
Answer: Bihar
 
7) Thillana is a format of
A) Kuchipudi
B) Odissi
C) Baharatanatyam
D) Kathak
Answer: Baharatanatyam
 
8) The National Anthem was first sung in the year
A) 1911
B) 1913
C) 1936
D) 1935
Answer: 1911
 
9) Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A) Ottan Thullal
B) Kuchipudi
C) Yakshagana
D) Odissi
Answer: Ottan Thullal
 
10) "Kathakali" is a dance prevalent in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Orissa
C) Kerala
D) Manipur
Answer: Kerala