Question 1. The folk dance of Meghalaya is __________.
(A) Khantum
(B) Bamboo dance
(C) Loho
(D) Nati
Question 2. In Indian architecture, ‘Surkhi’ was introduced by ________.
(A) Mughals
(B) Sultanate Sultans
(C) Guptas
(D) Kushans
Question 3. Which one of the following is not the factor of ‘Cultural Lag’?
(A) Tradition
(B) Law
(C) Politics
(D) Religion
Question 4. Which dance is performed only by males?
(A) Manipuri
(B) Kathakali
(C) Odissi
(D) Mohini Attam
Question 5. Mask dance is associated with which of the following dance styles?
(A) Kuchipudi
(B) Odissi
(C) Naga
(D) Kathakali
Question 6. Which one of the following dances is related to Gujarat?
(A) Kuchipudi
(B) Raas dance
(C) Bidesia
(D) Chunar
Question 7. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna – Meena Kumari
(B) India’s first insured film – Taal
(C) India’s first 3-D film – My Dear Kuttichathan
(D) India’s first technicolour film – Jhansi Ki Rani
Question 8. The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit Queen’ has been played by _________.
(A) Pallavi Joshi
(B) Neeta Gupta
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Seema Biswas
Question 9. Who was the producer of the famous T.V. serial ‘Ramayan’?
(A) Mira Nair
(B) Shyam Benegal
(C) Ramanand Sagar
(D) B.R. Chopra
Question 10. The film ‘The Making of the Mahatma’ has been directed by __________.
(A) Mira Nair
(B) Shyam Benegal
(C) Richard Attenborough
(D) Peter Ustinov
Question 11. Who played the role of Gandhi in the movie ‘Gandhi’?
(A) Roshan Seth
(B) Naseeruddin Shah
(C) Richard Attenborough
(D) Ben Kingsley
Question 12. Richard Attenborough is ___________.
(A) Producer and director
(B) An actor
(C) A painter
(D) A writer
Question 13. The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was __________.
(A) Raja Harishchandra
(B) Pundalik
(C) Alam Ara
(D) Hatimtai
Question 14. Whom did the famous Indian actress Devika Rani marry?
(A) Painter Svetoslav Roerich
(B) Piano player and author Rubinstein
(C) Writer Solzhenitsym
(D) None of the above
Question 15. Who was the producer of the serial ‘Mahabharat’?
(A) Maniratnam
(B) Ramanand Sagar
(C) B.R. Chopra
(D) Shyam Benegal
Question 16. Vidushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably ___________.
(A) Shudra
(B) Vaisya
(C) Kshatriya
(D) Brahmana
Question 17. K. Shankar Pillai was a___________.
(A) Flute player
(B) Dancer
(C) Painter
(D) Cartoonist
Question 18. Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
(A) Pollution control
(B) Water harvesting
(C) Photography
(D) Research in Mathematics
Question 19. The paintings of Abanindra Nath Tagore have classified as ___________.
(A) Impressionistic
(B) Revivalistic
(C) Socialistic
(D) Realistic
Question 20. Who was Vishnu Chinchalkar?
(A) Sahityakar
(B) Kahanikar
(C) Shilpkar
(D) Chitrakar
Question 21. Who among the following established ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’?
(A) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(B) Abanindra Nath Tagore
(C) Narendra Mohan Mukherjee
(D) Nihar Ranjan Ray
Question 22. Who painted the famous ‘Mona Lisa’?
(A) Leonardo Da Vinci
(B) Rambrandt
(C) Jashua Reynolds
(D) Michel Angelo
Question 23. ‘Mera piya ghar aaya’ has been sung by which Pakistani singer?
(A) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(B) Mehdi Hassan
(C) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(D) Ghulam Ali
Question 24. Jamini Roy was_________.
(A) Musician
(B) Lyricist
(C) Painter
(D) None of these
Question 25. What is Britney Spears famous for __________.
(A) Modelling
(B) Writing
(C) Singing
(D) Dancing