Art and Culture MCQs with Answers Set 4

Art and Culture MCQ

Question 1. The folk dance of Meghalaya is __________.

(A) Khantum

(B) Bamboo dance

(C) Loho

(D) Nati

View Answer
(B) Bamboo dance

Question 2. In Indian architecture, ‘Surkhi’ was introduced by ________.

(A) Mughals

(B) Sultanate Sultans

(C) Guptas

(D) Kushans

View Answer
(D) Kushans

Question 3. Which one of the following is not the factor of ‘Cultural Lag’?

(A) Tradition

(B) Law

(C) Politics

(D) Religion

View Answer
(C) Politics

Question 4. Which dance is performed only by males?

(A) Manipuri

(B) Kathakali

(C) Odissi

(D) Mohini Attam

View Answer
(B) Kathakali

Question 5. Mask dance is associated with which of the following dance styles? 

(A) Kuchipudi

(B) Odissi

(C) Naga

(D) Kathakali

View Answer
(D) Kathakali 

Question 6. Which one of the following dances is related to Gujarat?

(A) Kuchipudi

(B) Raas dance

(C) Bidesia

(D) Chunar

View Answer
(B) Raas dance

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

View Answer
(A) India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna – Meena Kumari

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

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(C) Ramanand Sagar

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

View Answer
(B) Shyam Benegal

Question 11. Who played the role of Gandhi in the movie ‘Gandhi’?

(A) Roshan Seth

(B) Naseeruddin Shah

(C) Richard Attenborough

(D) Ben Kingsley

View Answer
(D) Ben Kingsley

Question 12. Richard Attenborough is ___________.

(A) Producer and director

(B) An actor

(C) A painter

(D) A writer

View Answer
(A) Producer and director

Question 13. The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was __________.

(A) Raja Harishchandra

(B) Pundalik

(C) Alam Ara

(D) Hatimtai

View Answer
(C) Alam Ara

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

View Answer
(A) Painter Svetoslav Roerich

Question 15. Who was the producer of the serial ‘Mahabharat’? 

(A) Maniratnam

(B) Ramanand Sagar

(C) B.R. Chopra

(D) Shyam Benegal

View Answer
(C) B.R. Chopra

Question 16. Vidushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably ___________.

(A) Shudra

(B) Vaisya

(C) Kshatriya

(D) Brahmana

View Answer
(D) Brahmana 

Question 17. K. Shankar Pillai was a___________.

(A) Flute player

(B) Dancer

(C) Painter

(D) Cartoonist

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(C) Photography

Question 19. The paintings of Abanindra Nath Tagore have classified as ___________.

(A) Impressionistic

(B) Revivalistic

(C) Socialistic

(D) Realistic

View Answer
(B) Revivalistic

Question 20. Who was Vishnu Chinchalkar?

(A) Sahityakar

(B) Kahanikar

(C) Shilpkar

(D) Chitrakar

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(B) Abanindra Nath Tagore

Question 22. Who painted the famous ‘Mona Lisa’?

(A) Leonardo Da Vinci

(B) Rambrandt

(C) Jashua Reynolds

(D) Michel Angelo

View Answer
(A) Leonardo Da Vinci

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

View Answer
(C) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Question 24. Jamini Roy was_________.

(A) Musician

(B) Lyricist

(C) Painter

(D) None of these

View Answer
(C) Painter

Question 25. What is Britney Spears famous for __________.

(A) Modelling

(B) Writing

(C) Singing

(D) Dancing

View Answer
(C) Singing