In Uttar Pradesh, the famous place of pilgrimage of both Jain and Baudh is at -
1.Devipatan
2.Kaushambi
3.Kushinagar
4.Saranath
The "Kumbha Mela" is held once in
1.7 years
2.5 years
3.10 years
4.12 years
The novel 'White Tiger' which won the Booker Prize 2008 is authore by
1.Kiran Desai
2.V.S.Naipaul
3.Arundhati Roy
4.Aravind Adiga
Tripti Mitra was associated with which of following fields?
1.Stage Acting
2.Social Service
3.Dance
4.Vocal Music
Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of Literature?
1.Tansen Sanman
2.Saraswati Sanman
3.Kalidas Sanman
4.Arjun Award
Who received the best Actor Award at the 56th National Film Award?
1.Upendra Limaya
2.Amitabh Bachchan
3.Arjun Rampal
4.None of the above
Who was the author of 'Pather Dabi'?
1. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
2. Satinath Bhaduri
3.Rabindranath Tagore
4.Tarasankar Bandopadhyay
'Before Memory Fades - an Autobiography' is written by -
1.Vikram Seth
2.Fali S. Nariman
3.Prem Shankar Jha
4.Archana Upadhyay
'Kuchipudi' is a dance style of
1.Kerala
2.Tamil Nadu
3.Karnataka
4.Andhra Pradesh
"Oscar Awards" are given for the excellence in the field of ______.
1.Social Service
2.Film
3.Sports
4.Journalism
BAFTA' award is associated with-
1.Banking Sector
2.Cinema
3.Insurance Sector
4.Tourism
Begum Akhtar is related to
1.Music
2.Dance
3.Writing
4.Painting
Bhatkhande Sangeet Sansthan, Lucknow became a Deemed University in-
1.1998
2.2001
3.2003
4.2004
Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?
1. Himalayan expeditions
2. Historical monuments in India
3.Regional dances in India
4.Wildlife in India
Gateway of india was built in
1.1911
2.1927
3.1857
4.1947
Jnanpith Award is conferred to those in the field of
1.Literature
2.History
3.Drama
4.Dance
Kartik is a folk dance of-
1.Bundelkhand
2.Avadh
3.Purvanchal
4.Rohilkhand
Mallika Sarabhai is associated with which of following fields?
1.Social service
2.Classical music
3.Sports
4.Classical dance
Neela Chand' is a novel written by
1.Subhash Mukhopadhyay
2.Shiv Prasad Singh
3.Ramakant Rath
4.Ram Vilas Sharma
People of the Sundarbans derives livelihood basically from -
1.Fishing
2.Tourism
3.Construction of barrages and embankments
4.Rain-fed monocropping
Pulizer prizes are awarded to Americans for excellence in
1.Films
2.Social Work
3.Journalism
4.Medicine
Romancing with Life' is a book written by
1.Dilip Kumar
2.Debasheesh Dutta
3.Dev Anand
4.Hema Malini
The Author of the book 'One Night @The Call Centre' is-
1. Anurag Mathur
2.Vikram Seth
3.Jhumpa Lahiri
4.Chetan Bhagat
The book 'The Masque of Africa' is the book written by-
1.V.S. Naipaul
2.Raghav Bahl
3.Tony Blair
4.M.S.Swaminathan
The book "Truth, Love and A Little Malice" is written by
1.Tarun Tejpal
2.Vikram Seth
3.Khushwant Singh
4.Nirad C. Chaudhuri
The book "Unto the Last" which influenced Gandhiji, was written by? 1)
1.Pushkin
2.Ruskin Bond
3.John Ruskin
4.Stalin
The bothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha are
1.Tabla players
2.Kathak dancers
3.Dhrupad vocalists
4.Sarod maestros
The CNN-IBN India of the year 2009 is
1.A.R.Rahman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3.Mukesh Ambani
4.Sania Mirza
The festival ‘Bihu’ held in which State?
1.Mizoram
2.Assam
3.Punjab
4.Manipur
The most important and the main musical instrument in 'Nautanki' form of folk theatre is
1.Nagara
2.Tabla
3.Flute
4.Mohuri
Where was the first World Classical Tamil Conference held?
1.Trichinapalli 2)
2.Coimbatore
3.Chennai
4.Mammallapuram (Mahabalipuram)
Which of the following awards is given for the excellence in the field of literature in India?
1.Arjun Award
2.Bharatiya Jnanpith Award
3.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
4.Dronacharya Award
Which of the following festivals is not a harvest festival of India?
1.Onam
2.Pongal
3.Lohri
4.All of the these
Which of the statements given below about Vivekananda are correct? 1. He believed that Vedanta was fully rational. 2. He criticized his countrymen for having lost touch with the outside world. 3. he condemned the caste system. 4. He considered the Veda to be infallible. Select the correct answer using the code given below-
1.1, 3 and 4
2.1, 2 and 3
3.2, 3 and 4
4.1 and 2 only
Which one of the following is not a formal agency of social control?
1.Teachers
2.Courts
3.Family
4.Police
Which State is known for its folk-dance ‘Garba’?
1.Gujarat
2.Rajasthan
3.Maharashtra
4.Punjab
Who among the following is the author of a collection of poems called "Golden Threshold"?
1.Sarojini Naidu
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3.Annie Besant
4.Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Who among the following is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
1.Javed Akhtar
2. Akkineni Nageshwar Rao
3.Manoj Kumar
4.Subhash Ghai
Who amongst the following is a famous Sarod player?
1.Amjad Ali Khan
2. Zakir Hussain
3.Hari Prasad Chourasia
4.Shiv Kumar Sharma
Who amongst the following is the author of the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice?
1. Kiran Desai
2.Anita Desai
3.Arundhati Roy
4.Anita Nair
Who expounded the theory of 'Advaita'?
1.Ramanuja
2.Sri Shankaracharya
3.Madhavacarya
4.Swami Vivekananda
Who is the author of the book Patron of the Poor: Cast Politics and Policy Making in India?
1.Greg Lindsay
2.Narayan Lakshman
3.Khushwant Singh
4.Arundhuti Roy
Who is the Author of the book,Amitabh- the Making of the Superstar?
1.Tushar Raheja
2.Vijay Singhvi
3.Susmita Das Gupta
4.Raj Kamal Jha
Who was the Indian to make a movie?
1.H.S. Bhatwaddekar
2. Ardeshir Irani
3.Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
4. V. Shantaram
Who wrote the line:'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
1.John Keats
2.P.B. Shelley
3.William Wordsworth
4.Robert Browning
With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?
1.Lectures on Jurisprudence
2.Social Contract
3.Republic
4.Leviathan
With which of the following is Begum Akhtar associated?
1.Painting
2.Vocal Music
3.Classical Dance
4.Writing