Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

TISSNET > Art and Culture in India > Flashcards

Art and Culture in India Flashcards

1
Q

Hinduism is the ____ largest religion in the world.

A

3rd

  • after Christianity and Islam
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Sikhism developed in India during ___ century.

A

16th & 17th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Islam arrived in India in ___ century.

A

8th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Holy book of Buddhism are the _____.

A

Tripitakas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Famous writers of Sanskrit

A

Panini, Kautilya, Jayadeva, Kalhana

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Pali literature is mainly concerned with _____ Buddhism.

A

Theravada

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Golden age of Telugu literature

A

Vijayanagara period

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Eight Telugu literary luminaries are popularly known as _____.

A

Ashta-diggajas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Ramakrishna was the author of this great poetical work of Telugu literature.

A

Panduranga Mahatmayam

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Father of Kannada

A

Pampa

  • wrote Adi Purana & Vikramarjiva Vijaya
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Well known authors of Malayalam literature

A

Rama Panikar & Ramanujan Ezhuthachan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

_____’s Bengali works gave an impetus to Bengal literature.

A

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

____ won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his work ‘Geetanjali’.

A

Tagore

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

____ & ____ languages developed in response to the Bhakti movement.

A

Bengali & Assamese

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

_____ introduced Vaishnavism in Assam and aided growth of Assamese poetry.

A

Shankaradeva

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

_____ language shows maximum influence of Sanskrit.

A

Oriya

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

First works of Oriya literature were by ____.

A

Saraladasa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Two scripts of Punjabi language.

A

Gurumukhi & Persian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

_____ was the first poet in Punjabi.

A

Guru Nanak

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

____ wrote ‘Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol’ [epic poem].

A

Aurobindo Ghosh

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Famous Hindustani musicians

A

Zakir Hussain, Ravi Shankar, Abdul Rashid Khan, Shubha Mudgal, Begum Akhtar, Ustad Amir Khan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Father of Qawwali

A

Amir Khusrau

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

____ published the reference series ‘Hindustani Sangit Kramik Pusthak Malika’

A

Pandit VN Bhatkhande

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Thumri form of Hindustani music started in the court of ____.

A

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (Nawab of Oudh)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

____ form of Hindustani music is mostly performed in Budelkhand region.

A

Dadra

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Qawwali is mostly sung in ____ languages.

A

Urdu & Punjabi

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

_____ semi-classical form of Hindustani music is sung in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

A

Hori

  • seasonal songs
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Kirtan is closely associated with ____ movement.

A

Bhakti

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Carnatic music flourished under the patronage of ____.

A

Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara empire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Father of Carnatic music

A

Purandara Dasa

  • devised basic scale of teaching Carnatic music
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Musical trinity in Carnatic music

A

Tyagaraja, Dikshitar & Syama Sastri

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

_____ is the folk songs of Uttar Pradesh.

A

Rasiya Geet

  • sung in Brij basha
  • mostly on love and life of Krishna
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

_____ are songs sung by the peasants in Rajasthan villages to ease their work in the fields.

A

Pankhida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

_____ songs recite stories from Mahabharata.

A

Pandwani

  • famous in Chattisgarh
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

____ are songs of good fortune in Uttarakhand.

A

Shakunakhar

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

____ folk songs are famous amongst the Catholics of Goa.

A

Mando

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

____ is a folk song indigenous to Andhra Pradesh where the lead singer uses a tambura throughout the recital of the story.

A

Burrakatha

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

_____ is a Manipuri festival to celebrate forest deities.

A

Lai Haraoba Festival

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

_____ is an ancient form of story telling in Tamil Nadu where the narrator holds a bow shaped instrument while performing.

A

Villu Paatu

40
Q

_____ is sung during the Chapchar Kut festival of Mizoram.

A

Chai Hia

  • spring festival celebrated after forest clearing
41
Q

____ are songs sung about the bravery and chivalry of Chola rulers.

A

Ammanaivari

42
Q

____ is the oldest of Tabla gharanas.

A

Delhi gharana

43
Q

_____ dance evolved from the Devadasi system in temples.

A

Bharatnatyam

  • Styles: Pandanallur & Tanjore
44
Q

Bharatnatyam was earlier known as ____.

A

Daasiyattam

45
Q

Two schools of dance in Kathak

A

Lucknow & Jaipur

46
Q

The roots of this dance is in ancient Sanskrit text Natya Shastra.

47
Q

Bulbous domes with lotus necks are distinctive of ___ architectural style.

A

Deccan

  • eg: Charminar
48
Q

Earliest examples of Mughal style of architecture

A

Qutub Minar & Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque

  • both in New Delhi
49
Q

Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum was previously named ____.

A

Victoria and Albert Museum

50
Q

One of India’s oldest living theatrical traditions from Kerala

A

Koodiyattam

51
Q

Ramlila is performed during _____.

52
Q

____ is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims in the world held every 4 years.

A

Kumbh Mela

  • places: Allahabad, Hairdwar, Ujjain & Nasik
53
Q

The first book in English by an Indian author

A

The Travels of Dean Mahomet, by Sake Dean Mahomed

[published in England in 1794]

54
Q

Toru Dutt wrote _____ poem which is said to be autobiographical.

A

Our Casuarina Tree

55
Q

First Indian novel in English

A

Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankimchandra Chatterji

56
Q

Rushdie won the Booker prize for his novel _____.

A

Midnight Children [1981]

57
Q

Arundhati Roy won the Booker for _____.

A

God of Small Things [1997]

58
Q

_____ won the Booker for writing Inheritance of Loss.

A

Kiran Desai [2006]

59
Q

_____ is Shashi Tharoor’s satirical take on the Mahabharata.

A

The Great Indian Novel [1989]

60
Q

White Tiger, written by _____ won the Booker prize in ____.

A

Aravind Adiga, 2008

61
Q

_____ is the new vice chairman of the Tamil Academy set up by Delhi government.

A

N. Raja

  • set up to organise Tamil language classes, give new awards & have cultural events to promote and recognise literary works in Tamil
62
Q

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) recently established the ____ handmade paper making unit.

A

Monpa

  • a thousand-year-old heritage
63
Q

The first India-Japan Samvad Conference was held in ____ in 2015.

A

New Delhi & at Bodh Gaya

64
Q

____, the Berber dish was recently added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

A

The Couscous

  • staple food of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Libya
  • Berbers are ethnic group living in West Africa and North Africa
65
Q

____ reviewed the proposal to set up Indian Institute of Heritage which will have the status of a ‘deemed university’.

A

Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of Culture

66
Q

The Government of India is to open a museum on ____ on January 23, 2022 in Kolkata.

A

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

67
Q

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site of the Palaeolithic period. It is located in which state?

A

Madhya Pradesh

68
Q

Who started Ganapati Festival in 1893 and thereby gave it national character?

A

Lok Manya Tilak

69
Q

Who is credited as the compiler of the Puranas?

70
Q

Which has been interpreted as the “last chapters, parts of the Veda” and alternatively as “object, the highest purpose of the Veda”?

A

Upanishads

71
Q

What is the most common and basic prayer of Jainism?

A

Namokara Mantra

72
Q

The philosophy of which text lays emphasis on knowledge and wisdom?

A

Upanishads

73
Q

___ literature was a major contributor in the development of specific language vocabularies of Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto and Punjabi.

74
Q

____ style is a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings.

A

Company

  • combination of traditional elements from Rajput and Mughal painting blended with Western treatment
  • Lord Impey & Lord Wellesley were patrons
75
Q

_____, ____, _____ & ____ are the four largest denominations of Hinduism.

A

Vaishnavism Shaivism, Shaktism & Smartism

76
Q

Who wrote his commentary on the Manusmriti?

A

Medhatithi

  • first Sanskrit scholar, wrote Laws of Manu.
77
Q

____ wrote ‘Alha-khand’ where he described the chivalrous deeds of Alha and Udal.

78
Q

Which temple is also known as Pampapati?

A

Virupaksha Temple

79
Q

The Chisti presence in Delhi was established by which saint?

A

Qutbuddin Bhaktiyar Kaki

80
Q

Who was also popularly known as Chiragh-i-Delhi?

A

Nassiruddin Mahmud

81
Q

Which veda contains the Dhrupada raga?

82
Q

____ mentions fifteen types of slaves.

A

Narada Smriti

83
Q

The terms “Maha Brinda Natyam” and “Jayamu Jayamu”, are associated with which dance form?

84
Q

_____ painting is created in the form of scroll & cotton or tussar silk is mainly used in this type of painting.

A

Patachitra

85
Q

____ is the oldest school of Indian Philosophy.

A

Samkhya

  • adopts a consistent dualism of matter (prakriti) and consciousness (purusa)
86
Q

Khajuraho Group of Monuments was constructed mainly by the ____ dynasty. They are famous for their ____ style temple architecture and erotic carvings on walls.

A

Chandela, Nagara-style

87
Q

In the ancient Buddhist texts, who is believed to be described as Nigantha Nataputta?

A

Mahavira Jain

88
Q

Artists of which paintings are also known as Patua painters?

89
Q

“Pari-khanda” is a martial art created by Rajputs. This art is most commonly practised in which state of India?

90
Q

The Badami Cave Temples of Karnataka include the temples dedicated to which deities?

A

Hinduism & Jainism

91
Q

The origin of Pagoda style is from ____ & ____.

A

India & Nepal

  • eg: Global Vipassana Pagoda in Gorai area, Mumbai, India
92
Q

Kishangarh School of Rajasthan is famous for ____.

93
Q

____ is the Kannada language which has transformed from the fifth century AD and has evolved into Modern Kannada.

A

Halegannada

94
Q

Lord Buddha gave his first sermon here.

A

Sarnath

  • one of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites
95
Q

Rajgir Mahotsav is celebrated in ___

A

Bihar [Dance Festival]

96
Q

The famous World Heritage Site “Basilica of Bom Jesus” is located in ____ in India?

TISSNET (47 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions