In Bollywood, the actress popularly known as 'Dream Girl' is -
1.Zeenat Aman
2.Helen
3.Hema Malini
4.Madhubala
The famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice' was written by -
1.Jane Austen
2.George Eliot
3.Leo Tolstoy
4.Charles Dickens
The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
1.Kalidasa
2.Tulsidas
3.Sudraka
4.Kautilya
Which of the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
1.Glimpses of World History
2.Discovery of India
3.My Experiments with Truth
4.An Autobiography
Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism?
1.Booker Prize
2.Pulitzer Prize
3.Sakharov Prize
4.Sullivan Award
Which of the following name is not associated with painting?
1.K. L. Saigal
2.Jamini Roy
3.Manjit Bawa
4.M. F. Hussain
With which musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated?
1.Sitar
2.Sarod
3.Santoor
4.Tabla
__ is son of Ustad Allah Rakha -
1.Ustad Jakir Hussain
2.Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
3.Ustad Bismillah Khan
4.None of These
A Passion For Dance" was written by -
1.Rukmani Dev Arundale
2.Dr. Padma Subramanyam
3.Sonal Man Singh
4.Yamini Krishnamurthy
Bhangra is a popular folk dance of -
1.Haryana
2.Chandigarh
3.Punjab
4.Gujarat
Cheraw, the Bamboo Dance, is associated with which of the following Indian States?
1.Mizoram
2.Sikkim
3.Arunachal Pradesh
4.Manipur
In which of the following dances, the song is not sung?
1.Chhopti
2.Johra
3.Chhapeli
4.Chholia
Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by:
1. Malaika Arora
2.Gopi Krishna
3. Uday Shankar
4.Yamini Krishnamurti
Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by:
1. Malaika Arora
2.Gopi Krishna
3. Uday Shankar
4.Yamini Krishnamurti
Man Booker Prize winner Ms. Kiran Desai's novel, 'The inheritance of Loss' deals with -
1.Telangana movement
2.Santhal movement
3.Gorkhaland movement
4.Bodoland movement
Manodaya Kavya was composed by-
1.Bharat Kavi
2.Maularam
3.Bhushan
4.Gumani Kavi
Name the city which hosts the literary festival (largest in Asia Pacific)?
1.Jaipur
2.Lucknow
3.Kolkata
4. New Delhi
Name the story written by Rabindranath Tagore?
1.Unto the Last
2.Al-Balagh
3.Akash
4.Kabuliwallah
Nil bata Sannata" is a -
1.Feature Film
2.Documentary Film
3.Children Film
4.A Film for Social Cause
Noted Hindi novelist who wrote "Tamas" is -
1. Shivani
2.Shobha De
3. Munshi Premchand
4.Bhishma Sahni
Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in?
1.Assam
2.Mizoram
3.Kashmir
4.Himachal Pradesh
Samba dance is famous in -
1.Brazil
2.Peru
3.Argentina
4.Mexico
Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance
1.Kathak
2.Manipuri
3.Odissi
4.Bharatnatyam
Tamil song "Pi's Lullaby...", from the film `The Life of Pi' nominated for the Oscar 2013 award in music (original song) category is sung by
1.Mychael Dana
2.Jayashree Ramnath
3.A R Rahman
4.None of These
The "One Straw Revolution" was written by -
1.Masanobu Fukuoka
2.Richael Carlson
3.M.S. Swaminathan
4.Norman Borlaug
The "One Straw Revolution" was written by:
1.Masanobu Fukuoka
2. Richael Carlson
3.M.S. Swaminathan
4.Norman Borlaug
The author of the book, Gulliver's Travels is -
1.Jonathan Swift
2.Charles Dickens
3.Charles Lamb
4.T.S.Eliot
The author of the book:'Hot, Flat and Crowded' is t-
1.Rachel Carson
2.R.K. Pachauri
3.T.L. Friedman
4.Vandana Sharma
The book 'Friends and Foes' was written by
1.Rajmohan Gandhi
2.Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
3.Lord Tennyson
4.Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
The book entitled 'Spell Tiger' is written by -
1.Jim Corbett
2.Valmik Thapar
3.Sy Montgomery
4.Atul Sethi
The film 'Kai Po Che' is based on the novel -
1.Lashkar
2.The Loving Dool
3.The Story of My Marriage
4.The 3 Mistakes of My Life
The first book written by M. K. Gandhi was -
1.My Experiment with Truth
2.Hind Swaraj
3.India of My Dreams
4.Key to the Health
The first Indian awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema was -
1.Amitabh Bachchan
2.Satyajit Ray
3.Bhanu Athaiya
4.Shivaji Ganeshan
The musical label launched by legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar to promote non-film music is
1.LM Music
2. NF Music
3.ML Music
4.LMD Music
The playback singer who is the recipient of Bharat Ratna award is -
1.Durga Khote
2.Asha Bhonsle
3.Kishore Kumar
4.Lata Mangeshkar
The temple situated near Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan is related to -
1. Lord Ganesh
2.Lord Vishnu
3.Loard Maheshwar
4.Lord Brahma
What is the meaning of the word 'Sangam' in the Sangam Age?
1.Royal Court
2.Assembly of poets
3.Assembly of religious leaders
4.Meeting of rivers
What was the earlier name of music director A.R. Rehman?
1.Dev Kumar
2.Raj Kumar
3.Dileep Kumar
4.Manoj Kumar
Which among the following festivals is not celebrated during the months of March-April?
1.Holi
2.Easter
3.Durga Puja
4.Navroze
Which is the International Dance?
1.Romantic Dance
2.Bibhu
3.Odissi
4.Chau
Which of the following books was authored by Mulk Raj Anand?
1.The Village
2.A Stranger Called I
3.Dark Room
4.My God Died Young
Which of the following instrument does not need to blow air by mouth to play?
1.Flute
2.Banzo
3.Trumpet
4.French Horn
Which of the following is a classical dance from North India?
1.Kathak
2.Kathakali
3.Kuchipudi
4.Bharat Natyam
Which of the following is an Indian classical dance form?
1.Chhau
2.Garba
3.Bhangra
4.Kuchipudi
Who among the following have won the Bharat Ratna Award? 1.Bhagwan Das 2.M. G. Ramchandran 3.Chidambaram Subramaniam 4.Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
1. 1, 2, 3 and 4
2.2 and 4
3.3 only
4.1, 2 and 3
Who among the following is not a classical vocalist?
1.Ustad Rehmat Khan
2. Pt. Jasraj
3.Ustad Bismillah Khan
4.Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Who among the following is not a Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner?
1.Amitabh Bachchan
2.Asha Bhosle
3.Pran
4.Mrinal Sen
Who is author of "Imagining India"?
1.Khushwant Singh
2.Nandan Nilekani
3.Gurcharan Das
4.Chetan Bhagat
Who is the author of 'A Passage to England'?
1.E.M. Forster
2.Nirad C. Chaudhari
3.G.B. Shaw
4.Winston Chaudhari
Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography'?
1.General J.J. Singh
2.Kuldip Nayar
3.Ray Bradbury
4.Khushwant Singh
Who is the author of the book 'Speaking for Myself'?
1. Salman Rushdie
2.Cherie Blair
3.Mohammad Hanif
4.Hillary Clinton
Who is the author of the book 'Speaking for Myself'?
1. Salman Rushdie
2.Cherie Blair
3.Mohammad Hanif
4.Hillary Clinton
Who is the author of the book 'Women of Vision'?
1.Ravinder Singh
2.Preeti Shenoy
3.Amish Tripathi
4.Denise Du Pont
Who wrote 'Saket'?
1.Maithilisharan Gupta
2.Haribanshrai Bachchan
3.Jayadeva
4.Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote 'Saket'?
1.Maithilisharan Gupta
2.Haribanshrai Bachchan
3.Jayadeva
4.Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote 'Saket'?
1.Maithilisharan Gupta
2.Haribanshrai Bachchan
3.Jayadeva
4.Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote 'The Trial'?
1.Jane Austen
2.George Eliot
3.Balzac
4.Franz Kafka
Who wrote the book "Why Socialism"?
1.Jayaprakash Narayan
2.Mahatma Gandhi
3.Acharya Narendra Dev
4.M.N. Roy
Who wrote the patriotic song 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha'?
1.Rabindranath Tagore
2.Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3.Muhammad Iqbal
4.Kavi Pradeep
With which musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated?
1.Sitar
2.Sarod
3.Santoor
4.Tabla