INDIAN ART & CULTURE MCQS PART 15

 INDIAN ART & CULTURE MCQS PART 15

 

 

 

1. Which was the first talkie film made in India?(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA)

(1) Kisan Kanya

(2) Raja Harishchandra

(3) Mother India

(4) Alam Ara

Explan: 

India’s first talkie film was Alam Ara (The Ornament of the World). 

The film was released on March 14, 1931 at Majestic Cinema in Bombay. 

Alam Ara was made under the banner of Imperial Movietone.

It was produced and directed by Ardeshir Marwan Irani.

 

2. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of :(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA)

(1) Shehnai 

(2) Tabla

(3) Sarod 

(4) Flute

Explan: 

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian classical flutist. 

He plays in the North Indian tradition. 

He has been honoured with several awards of which the most prominent ones are the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of India, and the distinction of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) of France.

 

3. Which of the following is responsible for fostering the development of dance, drama and music in India?(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA)

(1) Lalit Kala Akademi

(2) Sangeet Natak Akademi

 (3) National School of Drama

(4) Sahitya Akademi

Explan:

The Sangeet Natak Akademi is the apex body of the performing arts in the country to preserve and promote the vast cultural heritage of India expressed in music, dance and drama. 

It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and became functional the following year. It is located in New Delhi.

 

4. Who among the following is not a Bharatanatyam dancer?(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA)

(1) Leela Samson

(2) Sonal Mansingh

(3) Sitara Devi

 (4) Geeta Ramachandran

Explan:

Sitara Devi was an eminent Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing.

Rabindranath Tagore described her as Nritya Samragini (empress of dance) after watching her performance when she was just 16 years old.

She is still described as the Kathak queen.

 

5. Kathakali dance form is associated with which State?   (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA)

(1) Tamil Nadu

(2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Manipur

(4) Kerala

Explan: 

Kathakali originated in the present day state of Kerala during the 17th century. 

It is a stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive makeup of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion.

 

6. Which musical framework once present in ‘Brihaddeshi’ an ancient text got grouped into folk and classical music?   (SSC CPO)

(1) Vakra 

(2) Swaras

(3) Ragas 

(4) Thaats

Explan:

Brihaddeshi is a classical Sanskrit text (dated 6th to 8th century A.D) on Indian classical music that speaks directly of the raga and distinguishes the classical (marga) and the folk (desi). 

It provides the basis for the emergence of the Mela system of classifying the Ragas. 

The term ‘raga’ first occurs in a technical context in the Brihaddeshi, where it is described as "a combination of tones which, with beautiful illuminating graces, pleases the people in general".

 

7. Pandit Lachhu Maharaj, who passed away recently, was associated with (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE))

(1) Flute

(2) Tabla

 (3) Kathak

(4) Bharatnatyam

Explan:

Lakshmi Narayan Singh, known professionally as Lachhu Maharaj, was an Indian tabla player of Benaras gharana. 

Along with his professional tabla performances all over the world, he was featured in films.

Maharaj died in Varanasi on 28 July 2016, at the age of 72 years.

 

8. The name of the great maestro of Indian Music “Ustad Bismillah Khan” is related to (SSC CGL Tier-I)

(1) Shehnai 

(2) Tabla

(3) Sarod 

(4) Flute

Explan:

Bismillah Khan was credited with popularizing the shehnai, a sub-continental wind instrument of the oboe class.

He was awarded, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the Third classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction.

 

9. The religious text of the Jews is named as (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC)

(1) The Analectus

(2) Torah

(3) Tripitaka

(4) Zend-Avesta

Explan:

The Torah, or Jewish Written Law, consists of the five books of the Hebrew Bible - known more commonly to non-Jews as the “Old Testament” that were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and include within them all of the biblical laws of Judaism. 

It is also known as the Chumash, Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses.

 

10. Indian first talkie film produced in 1931 was (SSC CGL Tier-I)

(1) Shakuntala 

(2) Indra Sabha

(3) Neel Kamal 

(4) Alamara

Explan:

Alam Ara (The Ornament of the World), a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, was India’s first talkie film.

It debuted at the Majestic Cinema in Mumbai on 14 March 1931. 

The first Indian talkie was so popular that police aid had to be summoned to control the crowd.