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QUESTIONS ON ARTS AND CULTURE FOR SSC CHSL

Q1. Pt. Ravi Shankar belongs to which musical instrument?
(a) Tabla 
(b) Sitar
(c) Violin 
(d) Guitar

Q2. Which music instrument belongs to Hari Prasad Chaurasia?
(a) Shehnai 
(b) Violin
(c) Flute 
(d) Sarod

Q3. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan belongs to
(a) Sarod 
(b) Shehnai
(c) Sarangi 
(d) Guitar

Q4. The panchatantra was written during the
(a) Later Vedic period
(b) Mughal period
(c) Maurya period
(d) Post Gupta period

Q5. The chenchus tribes found in the state
(a) Jharkhand 
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh 
(d) Karnataka

Q6. Which of the following is a dance drama?
(a) Kathak 
(b) Kathakali
(c) Odissi 
(d) Manipuri

Q7. The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to which Hindu God?
(a) Shiva 
(b) Rama
(c) Krishna 
(d) Hanuman

Q8. Where is the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization?
(a) Shimla 
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai 
(d) Dehradun

Q9. Hornbill Festival is celebrated in which among the following states of India?
(a) Manipur 
(b) Nagaland
(c) Mizoram 
(d) Meghalaya

Q10. Chakan Gaan-Ngai, a post-harvest festival is celebrated in ___________.
(a) Manipur
(b) Sikkim
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q11. Thumri Singer Girija Devi belongs to which among the following Gharanas?
(a) Banaras Gharana
(b) Agra Gharana
(c) Kirana Gharana
(d) Lucknow Gharana

Q12. The image of Nataraja (the lord of dance) is a superb masterpiece of the period of
(a) Chola 
(b) Pandya
(c) Hoyasala 
(d) Chalukyas

Q13. The ‘yoga’ philosophy belongs to
(a) Gautam 
(b) Kannada
(c) Patanjali 
(d) Jaimini

Q14. ‘Syadvad’ and Anchkantvad belongs to
(a) Jainism 
(b) Buddhism
(c) Sikhism 
(d) Hinduism

Q15. Which of the dance forms enlisted in UNESCO?
(a) Mudiyeltu 
(b) Bidesia
(c) Maach 
(d) Yakshagan









Solutions

1.B
2.C
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.B
7.A
8.A
9.B
10.A
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.A
15.A