Q 1 – With what do we associate each region?
(a) Food
(b) Language
(c) Clothing
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 2 – The language spoken in the Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram was
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Urdu
(c) Malayalam
(d) Persian
Ans. (c) Malayalam
Q 3 – Fourteenth-century text of Sanskrit which deals with grammar and poetry was called
(a) Lilatilakam
(b) Miniature
(c) Basohil
(d) Dialect
Ans. (a) Lilatilakam
Q 4 – Chera kingdom was established in
(a) 9th century
(b) 10th century
(c) 11th century
(d) 12th century
Ans. (a) 9th century
Q 5 – The conquerors tried to control the temple of Jagannatha at Puri because
(a) they were very devoted to God Jagannatha
(b) the temple was very beautiful
(c) the temple had huge wealth
(d) none of the above
Ans. (c) the temple had huge wealth
Q 6 – Who proclaimed himself as deputy of God?
(a) Shankara
(b) Ramanuja
(c) King Anangbhima
(d) Ruler of Mahodayapuram
Ans. (c) King Anangbhima
Q 7 – The word Rajputana meant
(а) the Rajput tradition
(b) in 19th century the region of present day Rajasthan
(c) group of Rajputs
(d) none of the above’
Ans. (b) in 19th century the region of present day Rajasthan
Q 8 – Which type of emotions were there in Rajputs ?
(a) Bravery
(b) Valour
(c) Loyalty
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 9 – The major patrons of Kathak were
(a) Mongols
(b) Pandayan
(c) Mughals
(d) Rajput
Ans. (c) Mughals
Q 10 – Basohli was
(a) small sized paintings
(b) bold and intense style of miniature paintings
(c) old and very distinctive
(d) traditions
Ans. (b) bold and intense style of miniature paintings
Q 11 – Bengali language was derived from
(a) Hindi
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Persian
(d) Urdu
Ans. (b) Sanskrit
Q 12 – Which of the following is the language of 13th century Brihaddharma Purana of Bengal?
(a) Persian
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) Sanskrit
Ans. (d) Sanskrit
Q 13 – What type of traveller was Xuan Zang?
(a) Japanese
(b) Nepali
(c) Chinese
(d) Burmese
Ans. (c) Chinese
Q 14 – What was the capital of Bengal under the Mughal control?
(a) Dhaka
(b) Murshidabad
(c) Calcutta
(d) Awadh
Ans. (a) Dhaka
Q 15 – Brihaddharma Purana permitted which caste to eat certain variety of fish1?
(a) Kshatriyas
(b) Brahamanas
(c) Both
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Brahamanas
Q 16 – Kathak was developed in two traditions or gharanas:
(a) In the courts of Rajasthan and the other in Lucknow
(b) In the courts of Rajasthan and the other in Kerala
(c) In the courts of Kerala and the other in Lucknow
(d) In the courts of Gujarat and the other in Orissa
Ans. (a) In the courts of Rajasthan and the other in Lucknow
Q 17 – Lilatilakam, was composed in
(a) Mannnipravalam
(b) Manipravalam
(c) Manipurvalam
(d) Manipravolam
Ans. (b) Manipravalam
Q 18 – Lilatilakam deals with
(a) Drama and poetics
(b) Drama only
(c) Poetics only
(d) Grammar and poetics
Ans. (d) Grammar and poetics
Q 19 – Miniatures are
(a) Large-sized paintings
(b) Small-sized paintings
(c) Medium-sized paintings
(d) Horizontal paintings
Ans. (b) Small-sized paintings
Q 20 – In 1230, Who dedicated his kingdom to the deity and proclaimed himself as the deputy? of the god
(a) king Anangabhima IV
(b) king Anangabhima III
(c) king Anangabhima II
(d) king Anangabhima I
Ans. (b) king Anangabhima III
Q 21– Kathak, now associated with several parts of
(a) North India
(b) West India
(c) East India
(d) South India
Ans. (a) North India
Q 22 – Bengal also witnessed a temple-building spree from the late ________ century, which culminated in the ______ century
(a) 15th, 19th
(b) 14th, 17th
(c) 16th, 17th
(d) 16th, 19th
Ans. (a) 15th, 19th
Q 23 – ______ is a popular regional deity, often worshipped in the form of a stone or a piece of wood
(a) Chaitanyadeva
(b) Gopichandra
(c) Dharma Thakur
(d) Maynamati
Ans. (c) Dharma Thakur
Q 24 – The temple theatre of Kerala built by Chera borrowed stories from the
(a) Roman Epics
(b) Hindi Epics
(c) Tamil Epics
(d) Sanskrit epics
Ans. (d) Sanskrit epics
Q 25 – The earliest miniatures were on
(a) Palm leaves or wood
(b) Glass
(c) Plastic
(d) Paper
Ans. (a) Palm leaves or wood
Q 26 – In Bengal Officials and functionaries received land and often set up ________ that served as centres for religious transformation in these areas.
(a) Buildings
(b) Fort
(c) Temple
(d) Mosques
Ans. (d) Mosques
Q 27 – Bengali is derived from
(a) English
(b) Awadhi
(c) Hindi
(d) Sanskrit
Ans. (d) Sanskrit
Q 28 – The Mughal emperors ________ patronised highly skilled painters who primarily illustrated manuscripts containing historical accounts and poetry
(a) Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan
(b) Akbar, Jahangir and Aurangzeb
(c) Babar, Jahangir and Aurangzeb
(d) Babar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Ans. (a) Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Q 29 – Xuan Zang was a
(a) Chinese travellers
(b) English travellers
(c) Afghani travellers
(d) Japanese travelers
Ans. (a) Chinese travelers
Q 30 – Which state was called Rajputana by the British
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab
(d) Gujarat
Ans. (b) Rajasthan
Q 31 – Jagannatha temple is in
(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Karnataka
Ans . (c) Odisha
Q 32 – By the early nineteenth century, in Rumania school textbooks began to be written in ______ rather than in ______
(a) Latin, Rumanian
(b) Rumanian, Latin
(c) Rumanian, Greek
(d) Greek, Rumanian
Ans. (c) Rumanian, Greek
Q 33 – Attribution of living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena
(a) Animism
(b) Anemesm
(c) Anemism
(d) Amimesim
Ans. (a) Animism