HISTORY AND CULTURE Flashcards
SANGITA KALANIDHI IS THE HIGHEST AWARD IN THE FIELD OF WHICH MUSIC?
CARNATIC MUSIC.
THE TODA TRIBES MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR, KNOWN AS ___________, WAS CELEBRATED AT THE MUTHANADU MUND, IN THE NILGRIS TO MARK THE NEW YEAR.
MODHWETH.
TODA (DRAVIDIAN ETHNIC GROUP) TRIBE IS FOUND IN THE STATE OF?
TAMIL NADU, NILGRIS HILLS.
SOME UNIQUE FEATURES OF TODA TRIBE CUSTOMS?
- RELIGION:- IS BUFFALO CENTERED. ONLY DAIRYMAN-PRIESTS CAN MILK THE SACRED BUFFALOES.
- POLYANDRY:‐ FRATERNAL POLYANDRY (WOMAN MARRY ALL THE BROTHERS IN A FAMILY).
- FUNERAL RITUALS:- DRY FUNERAL CEREMONY TAKES PLACE NINE MONTHS AFTER CREMATION.
- EMBROIDERY IS CALLED PUKHOOR.
- FLOWER SYMBOLISM:- FLOWERS USED TO INDICATE SEASON AND STAGE OF THE YEAR.
- ARCHITECTURE:- BARREL VAULTED TEMPLES AND HOUSES.
WHAT IS THE REBUS PRINCIPLE USED IN INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION SCRIPT?
- THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION’S SCRIPT USED THE REBUS PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS A METHOD OF USING SYMBOLS AS BOTH WORDS AND SYLLABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, A PICTURE OF A HONEY BEE COMBINED WITH A LEAF COULD REPRESENT THE WORD “belief”.
PICTOGRAMS REPRESENTED THE WORD FOR THE OBJECT OR ACTION DEPICTED, OR ANY OTHER WORD WITH A SIMILAR SOUND, IRRESPECTIVE OF MEANING. THE FISH SIGN, IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE MEANT ACTUAL FISH. IT MAY REFER TO A STAR— A HOMOPHONE (WORDS WITH THE SAME PRONUNCIATION BUT DIFFERENT MEANING) OF THE DRAVIDIAN WORD FOR FISH (MIN OR MEEN [PISCES]).
CHOTTA CHAR DHAM OR CHAR DHAM OF UTTARAKHAND?
- KEDARNATH
- GANGOTRI
- YAMUNOTRI
- BADRINATH
WINTER SEAT OF DEITIES OF CHHOTA CHAR DHAM?
- KEDARNATH–> OMKARESHWAR TEMPLE (UKHIMATH, RUDRAPRAYAG)
- GANGOTRI–> MUKHBA (UTTARKASHI)
- YAMUNOTRI–> KHARSALI (UTTARKASHI)
- BADRINATH–> PANDUKESHWAR (CHAMOLI)
SIVAGIRI MADHOM WAS FOUNDED BY?
SIVAGIRI MADHOM IS A MAJOR SPIRITUAL AND REFORMIST CENTER IN KERALA, FOUNDED IN 1904 BY SREE NARAYANA GURU.
LITERARY WORKS OF SREE NARAYANA GURU?
- ADVAITHA DEEPIKA
- ASRAMA
- THEVARAPPATHINKANGAL
WHERE IS KONDA REDDI TRIBE FOUND?
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUP (PVTG) INHABITING THE BANKS OF THE GODAVARI RIVER IN ANDHRA PRADESH.
POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF KONDA REDDI TRIBES?
THE TRIBE HAS A TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM LED BY A HEREDITARY HEADMAN, THE PEDDA KAPU, WHO ALSO SERVES AS THE VILLAGE PRIEST.
AT TIRUPATI TEMPLE, THREE ENTRANCES LEAD TO THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM, ALSO KNOWN AS________?
ANANDA NILAYAM.
WHICH FESTIVAL IS KNOWN AS THE FESTIVAL OF THE SACRED PITCHER?
KUMBH MELA.
WHEN IS KUMBH HELD AT HARIDWAR?
- WHEN JUPITER IS IN AQUARIUS OR KUMBH RASHI.
- SUN IN ARIES.
- MOON IN SAGITTARIUS.
WHEN IS KUMBH HELD AT PRAYAG?
- JUPITER IN TAURUS.
- SUN & MOON IN CAPRICORN OR MAKKAR.
WHEN IS KUMBH HELD AT NASHIK & TRIMBAKESHWAR?
- JUPITER IN LEO (SIMHA).
- SUN & MOON IN CANCER.
- ALSO KNOWN AS SIMHASTHA KUMBH.
RAJA YOGA IS WRITTEN BY?
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
JNANA YOGA IS WRITTEN BY?
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
KARMA YOGA IS WRITTEN BY?
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
BHAKTI YOGA IS WRITTEN BY?
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
PATHWAYS TO LIBERATION BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA?
- RAJA YOGA
- KARMA YOGA
- JNANA YOGA
- BHAKTI YOGA.
PERMANENT ABODE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA?
- IN 1899, HE ESTABLISHED BELUR MATH AS HIS PERMANENT ABODE.
- BELUR MATH SERVES AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF RAMAKRISHNA MATH AND RAMAKRISHNA MISSION.
BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA WAS FOUNDED BY?
SWAMI PRANAVANANDA IN 1917.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ENCOURAGED THE FORMATION OF THE BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT CREATED BY HIM.
JALLIKATTU IS PLAYED IN WHICH STATE?
ALSO KNOWN AS ERUTHAZHUVUTHAL, JALLIKATTU IS A TRADITIONAL BULL TAMING SPORT HELD DURING THE PONGAL FESTIVAL IN TAMIL NADU.
BREED USED IN JALLIKATTU?
PULIKULAM.
ANCIENT ORIGINS OF JALLIKATTU?
REFERENCES TO BULL TAMING ARE FOUND IN A SEAL FROM MOHENJODARO.
TAMIL LITERATURE AND JALLIKATTU?
IT IS MENTIONED IN SILAPPADIKARAM BY ILANGO ADIGAL.
KAMBALA IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
- KARNATAKA
- TRADITIONAL BUFFALO RACE HELD IN WATER FILLED PADDY FIELDS.
BULLOCK CART RACING IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
- MAHARASHTRA, PUNJAB.
- BULLOCK CARTS RACE AGAINST EACH OTHER IN RURAL FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
COCKFIGHTING IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
- ANDHRA PRADESH, TAMIL NADU.
- TRADITIONAL ROOSTER FIGHTS DURING SANKRANTI.
CAMEL RACING IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
- RAJASTHAN DURING PUSHKAR FAIR.
DHIRIO IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
TRADITIONAL BULL FIGHTING SPORT CONDUCTED IN GOA.
LOTHAL HAS THE ________ LARGEST NUMBER OF SEALS AMONG ALL IVC SITES.
THIRD.
TRAINING STAGES OF KALARIPAYATTU?
- MAIPPAYATTU:- BODY CONDITIONING PHASE.
- KOLTHARI:- TRAINING WITH WOODEN WEAPONS, INCORPORATING MOVEMENTS OF ANIMALS LIKE ELEPHANTS, LIONS, AND SNAKES.
- ANGATHARI:- INTRODUCTION TO SHARP METAL WEAPONS.
- VERUMKAI:- BARE HAND COMBAT FOCUSING ON ANATOMY.
ANOTHER NAME OF KONARK SUN TEMPLE?
SURYA DEVALAYA.
KONARK SUN TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY?
NARASIMHA DEVA 1 (1238–1264) OF THE EASTERN GANGA DYNASTY IN 1250.
STYLE OF KONARK SUN TEMPLE?
KALINGAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE.
WHAT IS LEZIM?
- LEZIM IS A DANCE PERFORMED USING A WOODEN INSTRUMENT, WHICH HAS SMALL CYMBALS ATTACHED TO IT.
- IT IS A PART OF MARATHA CULTURE.
RED PANDA IS THE STATE ANIMAL OF?
SIKKIM.
BOOK YOUNG INDIA IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK ENGLAND’S DEBT TO INDIA IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK EVOLUTION OF JAPAN IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK INDIA’S WILL TO FREEDOM IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK MESSAGE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK POLITICAL FUTURE OF INDIA IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK THE DEPRESSED CLASSES IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL EDUCATION IN INDIA IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
BOOK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (TRAVELOGUE) IS WRITTEN BY?
LALA LAJPAT RAI.
KASHMIR PAPER MACHE WAS INTRODUCED BY?
INTRODUCED TO KASHMIR IN THE 14TH CENTURY BY MIR SAYYID ALI HAMADANI, A SUFI MYSTIC FROM PERSIA.
CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR MANUSCRIPTS?
TO QUALIFY AS A MANUSCRIPT, A DOCUMENT MUST BE AT LEAST 75 YEARS OLD AND HOLD SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL, OR AESTHETIC VALUE.
INDUS VALLEY SETTLEMENTS ALONG GHAGGAR RIVER?
- KALIBANGAN
- RAKHIGARHI
- BANAWALI.
MUTHUVAN TRIBE IS FOUND IN?
NORTHEASTERN BORDERS OF MATHIKETTAN SHOLA (KERALA AND TAMIL NADU).
FORT WILLIAM HAS BEEN RENAMED TO?
VIJAY DURG.
KITCHENER HOUSE HAS BEEN REFORMED TO?
MANEKSHAW HOUSE.
ST. GEORGE IS NOW KNOWN AS?
SHIVAJI GATE.
KALBELIA TRIBE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN GROUPS?
DALIWAL AND MEWARA.
KALBELIA TRIBE IS ALSO KNOWN AS?
SAPERA, JOGIRA, GATTIWALA AND POOGIWARA.
WHICH TRIBES ARE AFFECTED BY POLAVARAM IRRIGATION PROJECT?
KOYA KORA, KONDA KAMARI AND KONDA REDDY.
IN KALYANI CHALUKA/KALACHURI DYNASTY WORD KARANIKA MEANT FOR?
ACCOUNTANT.
BASAVANA’S SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF?
- ARIVU (TRUE KNOWLEDGE)
- ACHARA (RIGHT CONDUCT)
- ANUBHAVA (DIVINE EXPERIENCE).
ANUBHAVA MANTAPA WAS FOUNDED BY?
- BASAVANA OR BASAVESHWARA.
- ANUBHAVA MANTAPA WAS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST PARLIAMENT OF INDIA WHERE SHARANAS (CITIZENS OF WELFARE SOCIETY) SAT TOGETHER AND DISCUSSED THE SOCIALISTIC PRINCIPLES OF A DEMOCRATIC SET UP.
SOCIO ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF BASAVANA OR BASAVESHWARA?
- KAYAKA (DIVINE WORK)– EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY SHOULD TAKE UP THE JOB OF HIS CHOICE AND PERFORM IT WITH ALL SINCERITY.
- DASOHA (EQUAL DISTRIBUTION)– EQUAL INCOME FOR EQUAL WORK.
WORKER (KAYAKAJEEVI), MAY LEAD HIS DAY TO DAY LIFE BY HIS HARD EARNED INCOME, BUT HE SHOULD NOT PRESERVE THE MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR TOMORROW. HE MUST UTILIZE THE SURPLUS MONEY FOR SOCIETY AND THE POOR.
HORNBILL FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN?
NAGALAND.
PAKKE PAGA HORNBILL FESTIVAL (PPHF) IS CELEBRATED IN?
ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
KALARI CHEESE ORIGIN?
- KALARI CHEESE ORIGINATED IN THE RAMNAGAR AREA OF UDHAMPUR DISTRICT IN JAMMU.
- KALARI IS A TYPE OF STRETCHY CHEESE AND A PART OF DOGRA CUISINE WITH A UNIQUE TEXTURE AND TASTE.
KALARI CHEESE RECIEVED GI TAG IN?
23 OCTOBER, 2023.
BULAND DARWAZA OF AJMER SHARIF HAS BEEN BUILT BY?
SULTAN MAHMUD KHAN KHALJI AND HIS SON GHIYASUDDIN BUILT THE BULAND DARWAZA.
SAMMAKKA SARAKKA JATARA (MEDARAM JATARA) IS CELEBRATED IN?
CELEBRATED BY SECOND LARGEST TRIBE OF TELANGANA- KOYA TRIBE.
LOCATION OF RAMAPPA TEMPLE?
RAMAPPA TEMPLE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RUDRESHWARA TEMPLE, IS LOCATED IN TELANGANA, INDIA.
INDIA’S 39th UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE?
RAMAPPA TEMPLE, TELANGANA.
FOUNDER OF KALYANA CHALUKYA (LATER OR WESTERN CHALUKYA)?
TAILAPA 2, WHO ESTABLISHED THE DYNASTY BY DEFEATING RASHTRAKUTA RULER KAKKA 2 (KARAKA).
THE GUTTI KOYAS, ALSO KNOWN AS GOTTI OR GOTTE KOYAS, ARE AN INDIGENOUS ADIVASI TRIBE FROM ________.
CHHATTISGARH.
THE MOST IMPORTANT FAIR CELEBRATED BY KOYAS IS THE _____________.
SAMMAKKA SARALAMMA JATRA.
WHAT IS SALWA JUDUM?
- SALWA JUDUM IS A GROUP OF TRIBAL PERSONS MOBILIZED FOR RESISTANCE AGAINST OUTLAWED ARMED NAXALITES.
- MANY OF THE GUTTI KOYAS FLED TO ANDHRA PRADESH (NOW TELANGANA) IN THE MID 2000s DUE TO VIOLENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN MAOIST INSURGENTS AND THE SALWA JUDUM, A GOVERNMENT BACKED MILITIA THAT WAS LATER BANNED.
“PAGRI SAMBHAL JATTA” SLOGAN WAS GIVEN BY?
BANKE DAYAL (A NATIONALIST POET).
“PAGRI SAMBHAL JATTA” MOVEMENT WAS STARTED BY?
- AJIT SINGH IN 1907.
BHARAT MATA SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED BY?
AJIT SINGH AND KISHAN SINGH (BHAGAT SINGH’S FATHER) FORMED THE BHARAT MATA SOCIETY, REVOLUTIONARY GROUP FOR FARMERS.
REASON FOR STARTING “PAGRI SAMBHAL MOVEMENT”?
- THE PUNJAB LAND ALIENATION ACT, 1900
- THE PUNJAB LAND COLONISATION ACT, 1906
- THE DOAB BARI ACT, 1906.
THE PUNJAB LAND ALIENATION ACT, 1900?
IT RESTRICTED THE RIGHTS OF FARMERS TO SELL OR MORTGAGE THEIR LAND FREELY AND FAVOURED MONEYLENDERS AND LANDLORDS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEASANTS TO ESCAPE DEBT.
THE PUNJAB LAND COLONISATION ACT, 1906?
IT GAVE BRITISH THE CONTROL OVER LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE NEWLY DEVELOPED CHENAB COLONY WITH THE LAND BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT UPON DEATH INSTEAD OF PASSING IT TO THEIR HEIRS.
THE DOAB BARI ACT, 1907?
IT TOOK AWAY FARMERS’S OWNERSHIP RIGHTS OVER THEIR LANDS, EFFECTIVELY REDUCING THEM TO CONTRACT WORKERS.
JHUMOIR BINANDINI DANCE
- IT IS A FOLK DANCE OF THE SADAN ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP, TRACING THEIR ORIGINS TO THE CHOTANAGPUR REGION (JHARKHAND).
- JHUMUR WAS BROUGHT TO ASSAM BY THE TEA GARDEN COMMUNITY.
- JHUMOIR BINANDINI DANCE IS A LANDMARK CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TEA TRIBE TO ASSAM’S HERITAGE.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD TO INDIA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM?
- HE WAS THE 1ST EDUCATION MINISTER AFTER INDEPENDENCE. HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN FOUNDING KEY INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS:
- INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY (IITs):- 1ST IIT IN KHARAGPUR IN 1951.
- UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC): SET UP IN 1953
- JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA; COFOUNDED
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IISc), BANGALORE.
- INCREASED EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE FROM 1 CRORE TO 30 CRORE.
- IDENTIFIED ADULT LITERACY AS CRUCIAL AREA FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT.
RATNAGIRI, MEANING “HILL OF JEWELS”, FLOURISHED AS A MAJOR BUDDHIST CENTRE FROM THE 5TH TO THE 13TH CENTURIES CE.
IT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ________ SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM.
VAJRAYANA (TANTRAYANA) SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM.
RATNAGIRI IS A SIGNIFICANT BUDDHIST HERITAGE SITE LOCATED IN?
ODISHA’S JAJPUR DISTRICT.
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS BY MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD?
- AZAD IS CREDITED WITH FOUNDING SEVERAL KEY INSTITUTIONS.
- INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS (ICCR)
- SAHITYA AKADEMI
- LALIT KALA AKADEMI
- SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI
- COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR).
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES AND ROLE IN FREEDOM MOVEMENT?
- INVOLVEMENT WITH INDIAN REVOLUTIONARIES:- AFTER RETURNING TO INDIA, HE CONNECTED WITH BENGAL REVOLUTIONARIES LIKE AUROBINDO GHOSH AND SHYAM SUNDAR CHAKRAVARTY, HELPING TO ESTABLISH REVOLUTIONARY CENTRES ACROSS NORTH INDIA AND BOMBAY.
- EFFORTS FOR HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY:- DESPITE ANTI MUSLIM SENTIMENTS AMONG SOME REVOLUTIONARIES, AZAD PROMOTED HINDU MUSLIM UNITY WITHIN THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT.
- AL-HILAL & AL-BALAGH JOURNALS:- IN 1922, HE LAUNCHED THE URDU WEEKLY AL-HILAL TO SPREAD REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS AMONG MUSLIMS, PROMOTING UNITY BETWEEN HINDUS AND MUSLIMS.
AFTER AL-HILAL WAS BANNED, HE STARTED AL-BALAGH WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES, WHICH WAS ALSO BANNED IN 1916.
○ HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXILED TO RANCHI AND THE RELEASED IN 1920. - ROLE IN THE WORLD AND NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENTS ➔
○ KHILAFAT COMMITTEE: AZAD RALLIED THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY THROUGH THE KHILAFAT MOVEMENT, WHICH SOUGHT TO RESTORE THE KHALIFA IN TURKEY.
○ NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT: HE ALSO SUPPORTED MAHATMA GANDHI’S ’s NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT AND JOINED THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IN 1920.
○ CONGRESS LEADERSHIP: IN 1923, HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF A SPECIAL CONGRESS SESSION IN DELHI AND, IN 1940, ASSUMED LEADERSHIP AGAIN, SERVING AS CONGRESS PRESIDENT UNTIL 1946.
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD LANGUAGE POLICY AND THE ROLE OF ENGLISH?
- INITIAL VIEW ➔ AZAD INITIALLY FAVOURED MOVING AWAY FROM THE BASIN’S LANGUAGE IN POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA.
- REVISED PERSPECTIVE ➔ IN A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY SPEECH (SEPTEMBER 14, 1949), HE ARGUED THAT INDIA COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY REPLACE ENGLISH DUE TO:
- LACK OF A NATIONAL LANGUAGE: NO SINGLE LANGUAGE HAD WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OR USAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
- EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS: A SUDDEN SHIFT AWAY FROM ENGLISH RISKED COMPROMISING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND STUDENT COMPETENCE. - BALANCED APPROACH ➔ AZAD EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR PRACTICALITY OVER SENTIMENT, ADVOCATING FOR A GRADUAL, THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO LANGUAGE POLICY IN EDUCATION.
JOURNALS AL-HILAL AND AL-BALAGH WAS STARTED BY?
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD.
WHAT IS MUNDAISM OR KISANGISM?
IN THE LATE 18th CENTURY, BIRSA MUNDA FOUNDED A NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT KNOWN AS “MUNDAISM” OR “KISANGISM”.
AIM OF MUNDAISM?
TO REVIVE TRADITIONAL MUNDA CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS AND UNITE THE MUNDA PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSORS.
IMPACT OF MUNDA REVOLT?
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHOTANAGPUR TENANCY ACT IN 1908.
- IT RESTRICTED THE TRANSFER OF TRIBAL LAND TO NON TRIBAL OWNERS, AND RECOGNIZED THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY’S CUSTOMARY RIGHTS TO LAND, WATER, AND FOREST.
- THE ACT ALSO INTRODUCED THE “MUNDARI KHUNTKATTIDAR” TENURE CATEGORY, WHICH RECOGNIZED THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF THE LAND AMONG THE MUNDAS.
THE BATTLE OF KARNAL?
THE BATTLE OF KARNAL WAS FOUGHT ON 24 FEBRUARY 1739 BETWEEN THE MUGHAL EMPIRE, LED BY EMPEROR MUHAMMAD SHAH, AND THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, LED BY NADER SHAH.
GLIMPSES OF WORLD HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY?
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
TREATY OF WAITANGI?
- SIGNED IN 1840 BETWEEN MAORI CHIEFS AND THE BRITISH CROWN, FORMING THE BASIS OF NEW ZEALAND’S BICULTURAL FRAMEWORK.
- THE TREATY ESTABLISHED BRITISH GOVERNANCE IN NEW ZEALAND WHILE GUARANTEEING MAORI RIGHTS OVER THEIR LANDS, FORESTS, AND RESOURCES.
_______ OF CHHATTISGARH HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION (UNWTO) FOR ITS BEST TOURISM VILLAGE UPGRADE PROGRAMME.
DHUDMARAS.
DHUDMARAS LOCATION?
SITUATED IN THE KANGER VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CHHATTISGARH’S BASTAR DISTRICT.
STATES WITH NO PVTG?
PUNJAB AND HARYANA.
TAMIL NADU’S 1ST AND INDIA’S 35TH BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE?
ARITTAPATTI.
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL, MEENAKSHI, FROM THE __________ TRIBE IN KERALA, IS RECEIVING HOME BASED EDUCATION DESPITE BEING BEDRIDDEN.
- CHOLANAIKKAN TRIBE.
- THE SAMAGRA SHIKSHA KERALA (SSK) PROGRAMME HAS DEVELOPED 30 AUDIO VISUAL TEXTS IN THE CHOLANAIKKAN LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT HER EDUCATION.
- THE TALKING TEXTS, NAMED “THANKA, BANA, BELLI” (MOON, SKY, STAR), ARE TAILORED TO HER LINGUISTIC NEEDS.
BRIEF ABOUT CHOLANAIKKAN TRIBE?
- THE CHOLANAIKKANS, ALSO CALLED MALANAIKANS OR SHOLANAIKANS, ARE KNOWN AS THE “CAVEMEN OF KERALA”.
- THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS PVTG.
- THEY RESIDE IN THE NILAMBUR VALLEY OF MALAPPURAM DISTRICT.
OCCUPATION OF CHOLANAIKKAN TRIBE?
THEY SURVIVE BY SCAVENGING FOREST RESOURCES AND DO NOT PRACTICE CULTIVATION DUE TO FREQUENT ELEPHANT TRAMPLING.
WHO IS KNOWN AS TUTI-YI-HIND?
AMIR KHUSRAU IS KNOWN AS TUTI-YI-HIND (THE PARROT OF INDIA).
WHICH POET IS KNOWN AS THE “INDIAN TURK”?
AMIR KHUSRAU.
HOW MANY SULTANS DID AMIR KHUSRAU SERVED?
- MUIZUDDIN QAIQABAD
- JALALUDDIN KHALJI
- ALAUDDIN KHALJI
- QUTBUDDIN MUBARAK SHAH
- GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLAQ
WHO BESTOWED THE TITLE OF AMIR UPON KHUSRAU?
SULTAN JALALUDDIN KHALJI.
CHHAAP TILAK, ZEHAL-E-MASKEEN, AND SAKAL BAN PHOOL RAHI SARSON ARE WRITTEN BY?
AMIR KHUSRAU.
MINISTRY OF GI TAGS?
THE DEPARTMENT OF PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE (DPIIT) UNDER THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY REGISTERED THE CRAFT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS REGISTRY (GIR).
WHICH PRODUCT FROM NARASPUR RECENTLY GOT GI TAG?
NARASPUR CROCHET LACE.
ORIGIN OF NARASPUR CROCHET LACE CRAFT?
THE LACE CRAFT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1844 BY A COUPLE FROM SCOTLAND AS PART OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY AT DUMMUGUDEM (PRESENTLY IN TELANGANA).
THE REANG COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE 75 PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTGs), REQUESTED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR THEIR LANGUAGE, ___________.
KAUBRU (WHICH IS A PART OF THE KOK BOROK DIALECT AND BELONGS TO THE TIBETO BURMESE LINGUISTIC FAMILY).
REANG TRIBE BELONGS TO WHICH STATE?
TRIPURA.
DANCE OF REANG TRIBE?
HOJAGIRI DANCE.
THE REANG TRIBE, ALSO KNOWN AS ______, IS THE SECOND LARGEST TRIBAL COMMUNITY IN TRIPURA, AFTER THE OLD TRIPURI CLAN.
BRU.
APART FROM TRIPURA, MEMBERS OF THE REANG TRIBE ARE ALSO FOUND IN?
MIZORAM AND ASSAM.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF REANG TRIBE?
THE REANG COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR CLANS, KNOWN AS MESKA AND MOLSOI.
WHAT WAS THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1876?
- IT GAVE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO “PROHIBIT PUBLIC DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES WHICH ARE SCANDALOUS, DEFAMATORY, SEDITIOUS OR OBSCENE.
- THIS LAW WAS AMONG THOSE ENACTED BY THE BRITISH TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE NASCENT INDIAN NATIONALIST SENTIMENT FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ALBERT EDWARD, TO INDIA FROM OCTOBER 1875 TO MAY 1876.
WHAT WERE THE PROVISIONS OF THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1876?
- UNDER THE ACT, “ANY PLAY, PANTOMIME OR OTHER DRAMA PERFORMED OR ABOUT TO BE PERFORMED IN A PUBLIC PLACE” COULD BE BANNED IF THE GOVERMENT WAS OF THE “OPINION” THAT THE PLAY WAS “OF A SCANDALOUS OR DEFAMATORY NATURE”, OR WAS “LIKELY TO EXCITE FEELINGS OF DISAFFECTION TO THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY LAW”, OR “TO DEPRAVE AND CORRUPT PERSONS PRESENT AT THE PERFORMANCE”.
- A MAGISTRATE COULD WARRANT THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF “ANY HOUSE, ROOM OR PLACE IS USED, OR IS ABOUT TO BE USED, FOR ANY PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED UNDER THIS ACT”.
- AS PUNISHMENT, THE LAW PRESCRIBED A JAIL TERM OF UP TO THREE MONTHS AND A FINE OR BOTH.
BRIEF ABOUT MONPA COMMUNITY?
- THE MONPA ARE A PROMINENT ETHNIC GROUP PRIMARILY FOUND IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH, NORTH-EASTERN INDIA.
- PRINCIPAL MONPA FESTIVALS: THE CHOSKAR HARVEST FESTIVAL, LOSAR, AND TORGYA.
- RELIGION: THEY BELIEVE IN GELUG SECT OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM.
BANJARA VIRASAT MUSEUM HAS BEEN INAUGURATED IN?
POHARADEVI AT WASHIM, MAHARASHTRA.
GORBOLI OR GOR MATI BOLI THE LANGUAGE OF BANJARAS FALL UNDER WHICH CATEGORY?
INDO ARYAN LANGUAGE.
KHIRASARA HARAPPAN SITE LOCATION?
GUJARAT.
BATTLE OF WALONG?
- DURING THE 1962 INDO-CHINA WAR, INDIAN TROOPS HALTED THE ADVANCING CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) FOR 27 DAYS IN THE WALONG SECTOR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
- THE 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE DEFENDED AGAINST THE PLA WITH 800 SOLDIERS, HALTING 4,000 PLA TROOPS AND FORCING CHINA TO DEPLOY AN ADDITIONAL DIVISION OF 15,000 SOLDIERS.
WHAT ARE ZINC ROOFERS?
- ZINC ROOFERS OF PARIS ARE SKILLED CRAFTSMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING THE DISTINCTIVE ZINC ROOFTOPS THAT HAVE BECOME A HALLMARK OF THE CITY’S ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY.
- THESE ROOFTOPS ARE MADE FROM SHEETS OF ZINC THAT ARE METICULOUSLY CUT, SHAPED, AND INSTALLED BY THESE ARTISANS.
WHAT IS ESTAMPAGE?
- ESTAMPAGE IS THE METHOD BEING USED BY THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO COPY THE CHARACTERS AND SYMBOLS FROM INSCRIPTIONS.
- IN THIS TECHNIQUE, AN EXACT IMITATION OF AN INSCRIPTION IS OBTAINED IN AN INKED PAPER AND THEN USED FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.
INSCRIPTION AT THIRUVASI TEMPLE REVEALED THAT IT BELONGED TO _______ PERIOD.
KULOTHUNGA CHOLA PERIOD.
INSCRIPTIONS AT PERIYA KARUPPUR DATE BACK TO THE _________ KINGDOM.
VIJAYANAGARA KINGDOM OF 14TH CENTURY.
KONYAK TRIBE IS FOUND IN?
A NAGA ETHNIC GROUP PRIMARILY LOCATED IN THE MON DISTRICT OF NAGALAND, WITH SOME PRESENCE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ASSAM AND MYANMAR.
ORIGIN AND DIVISION OF GROUPS OF KONYAK TRIBE?
- THE KONYAKS ARE OF MONGOLOID DESCENT.
- GROUPS: DIVIDED INTO “THENDU” (TATTOOED FACE) AND “THENTHO” (WHITE FACE).
RECENTLY, WHICH INDIAN CITY HAD EARNED THE WORLD CRAFT CITY (WCC) TAG FROM THE WORLD CRAFTS COUNCIL (WCC)?
SRINAGAR.
GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION?
- WESTERNMOST: SUTKAGENDOR (IN BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN)
- EASTERNMOST: ALAMGIRPUR (WESTERN UP)
- NORTHERNMOST: MANDU (JAMMU)
- SOUTHERNMOST: DAIMABAD (AHMEDNAGAR, MAHARASHTRA).
___________ IS A COLLECTION OF YOUNG KOODIYATTOM ARTISTS IN KERALA.
CHOLLIYATTAM.
KOODIYATTOM IS TRADITIONALLY PERFORMED IN THEATRES CALLED?
KUTTAMPALAMS.
KOODIYATTOM IS PERFORMED BY MALE ACTORS CALLED _______ AND FEMALE ACTORS CALLED __________.
MALE ACTORS CALLED CHAKYARS AND FEMALE PERFORMERS CALLED NANGIARS.
IN KOODIYATTOM DRUMMERS ARE CALLED?
NAMBIARS.
WHAT IS PAKARNATTAM?
- PAKARNATTAM IS AN ASPECT OF KUTIYATTAM THAT INVOLVES EMBODYING AND EMOTING MALE AND FEMALE ROLES.
- SWITCHING BETWEEN THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE AND INTERPRETING MULTIPLE ROLES AT THE SAME TIME.
BAGATA TRIBE LIVES IN STATES OF?
ANDHRA PRADESH AND ODISHA. THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS BAGATHA, BAGAT, BAGODI, BOGAD, OR BHAKTA.
DANCE FORMS OF BAGATA TRIBE?
DHIMSA IS A POPULAR DANCE ENJOYED BY BAGATA TRIBES OF ALL AGES, WHO PARTICIPATE ENERGETICALLY. THEIR DANCES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS SANKIDI KELBAR.
KHONDS HAVE SCHEDULED TRIBE STATUS IN 8 STATES THAT ARE?
- ANDHRA PRADESH
- BIHAR
- CHHATTISGARH
- MADHYA PRADESH
- MAHARASHTRA
- ODISHA
- JHARKHAND
- WEST BENGAL.
KHOND TIBAL GROUPS DO BUFFALO SACRIFICE RITUAL, CALLED ______ TO WORSHIP THEIR EARTH GODDESS.
KEDU.
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF SOMANATHAPUR ?
THE KESHAVA TEMPLE IN SOMANATHAPURA, ALONG WITH THE CHENNAKESHAVA TEMPLE IN BELUR AND THE HOYSALESHWARA TEMPLE IN HALEBIDU, WERE COLLECTIVELY INSCRIBED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN SEPTEMBER 2023, UNDER THE DESIGNATION “SACRED ENSEMBLES OF THE HOYSALAS”.
MEMBERS OF THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE?
- ARGENTINA
- BELGIUM
- BULGARIA
- GREECE
- INDIA
- ITALY
- JAMAICA
- JAPAN
- KAZAKHSTAN
- KENYA
- LEBANON
- MEXICO
- QATAR
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- RWANDA
- SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
- SENEGAL
- TURKIYE
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
- ZAMBIA.
WHAT ARE CHARAIDEO MOIDAM?
- OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE PYRAMIDS OF ASSAM, THE CHARAIDEO MAIDAMS ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY SET OF STRUCTURES.
- THE AHOM SWARGADEOS (MEANING LORDS OF HEAVEN IN TAI AHOM) PATRONIZED REMARKABLE ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVITIES DURING THEIR 600 YEAR REIGN.
- CHARAIDEO, THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE AHOM KINGDOM, CRADLES THESE MAIDAMS.
- THE WORD “MAIDAM” IS DERIVED FROM THE TAI-AHOM TERM “PHRANGMAI-DAM,” WHERE “PHRANGMAI” MEANS “TO PUT INTO THE GRAVE,” AND “DAM” REFERS TO “THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED PERSON.”
FOUNDER OF AHOM KINGDOM?
CHAOLUNG SIU-KA-PHA.
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CHARAIDEO MOIDAM?
- THE AHOM SWARGADEOS APPOINTED A SPECIAL OFFICER CALLED CHANGRUNG PHUKAN FOR CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING CIVIL WORKS, INCLUDING THE ROYAL MAIDAMS.
- OTHER OFFICERS, SUCH AS MAIDAM PHUKANS AND GUARDS (MAIDAMIYA), WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING THE MAIDAMS.
- THE UNIQUE MORTAR MIX OR CEMENTING AGENT USED FOR THE BRICKS AND STONES WAS CALLED “KARAL”, PREPARED FROM LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS LIKE LIME, SNAIL SHELLS, PULSES, RESIN, HEMP, MOLASSES, AND MORE.
ASHTANGA HRIDAYA WAS WRITTEN BY?
VAGHBHATA.
WHAT IS A MENHIR?
- A MENHIR IS A STANDING OR AN UPRIGHT STONE USUALLY TAPERED AT THE TOP.
- IT IS MANMADE, IN THAT IT IS SCULPTED AND PLACED BY HUMANS, AND USUALLY QUITE LARGE.
- THE LARGEST SURVIVING MENHIR, THE GRAND MENHIR BRISE OR THE GREAT BROKEN MENHIR IN BRITTANY, FRANCE, ONCE STOOD 20.6 m TALL.
THE MUDUMAL MEGALITHIC MENHIRS IN _________ ARE SET TO BE THE SECOND UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN THE STATE, AND ONE OF THE SIX INDIAN SITES TO BE ADDED TO THE TENTATIVE LIST BY THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE IN 2025.
TELANGANA’S NARAYANPET DISTRICT.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF BHIL TRIBE?
TRADITIONALLY, EACH BHIL VILLAGE IS GOVERNED BY A HEADMAN (GAMETI) WHO HANDLES LOCAL DISPUTES AND ISSUES.
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF BHIL TRIBE?
- RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AMONG THE BHILS VARY BY REGION.
- MOST WORSHIP LOCAL DEITIES SUCH AS KANHOBA, BAHIROBA, AND SITALMATA, WHILE SOME REVERE THE TIGER GOD KNOWN AS ‘VAGHDEV.’
- THEY ALSO CONSULT BADVAS, HEREDITARY SORCERERS, FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS.
MAIN FESTIVAL OF BHIL TRIBE?
THE BANESHWAR FAIR IS THE PRIMARY FESTIVAL CELEBRATED BY THE BHILS. HELD DURING SHIVRATRI, IT IS DEDICATED TO BANESHWAR MAHADEV, ALSO KNOWN AS LORD SHIVA.
FIRST PUBLIC DISPLAY OF NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA?
THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA WAS HOISTED ON AUGUST 7, 1906, AT PARSEE BAGAN SQUARE (GREEN PARK) IN KOLKATA.
DESIGN OF NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA?
- THE FLAG IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN HOISTED BY FREEDOM ACTIVISTS SACHINDRA PRASAD BOSE AND HEMCHANDRA KANUNGO.
- PINGALI VENKAYYA, AN INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER, IS CREDITED WITH DESIGNING THE MODERN INDIAN TRICOLOUR.
LOCATION OF VISHNUPAD TEMPLE?
IT IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE PHALGU RIVER IN GAYA DISTRICT OF BIHAR, INDIA.
VISHNUPAD TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY?
THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN 1787 ON THE ORDERS OF QUEEN AHILYABAI HOLKAR OF AHMADNAGAR.
TRADITIONAL PRIEST OF VISHNUPAD TEMPLE?
THE BRAHMA KALPIT BRAHMINS, WHO ARE ALSO KNOWN AS GAYAWAL BRAHMINS ARE THE TRADITIONAL PRIESTS OF THE TEMPLE FROM THE ANCIENT TIMES.
LOCATION OF MAHABODHI TEMPLE?
BODH GAYA, BIHAR.
MAHABODHI TEMPLE IS BUILT BY?
ASHOKA IN THE 3RD CENTURY B.C.
BATTLE OF SARAIGHAT?
- AFTER AHOM’S INITIAL VICTORIES, AURANGZEB SENT RAJA RAM SINGH 1 IS JAIPUR IN 1669, RESULTING IN THE BATTLE OF SARAIGHAT IN 1671.
- IT WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE AHOM KING SWARGADEO CHAKRADHWAJA SINGHA AND RAJA RAM SINGH 1.
___________ HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE UNESCO LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES AT RISK DUE TO THE CONFLICT IN GAZA.
THE SAINT HILARION COMPLEX.
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ASI) CONFIRMED THAT ANCIENT ROCK CARVINGS FOUND ON THE META BASALT ROCK ALONG THE DRY RIVERBED OF THE ZARME RIVER BELONG TO THE _________ PERIOD.
NEOLITHIC.
NATA PRATHA?
- THE WORD “NATA” MEANS RELATIONSHIP. IT INVOLVES SELLING “ON A STAMP PAPER” OR MARRYING OFF UNDERAGE GIRLS FROM SOME COMMUNITIES.
- THESE SALES AND MARRIAGES ARE USUALLY CONDUCTED BY THEIR OWN FAMILIES.
- TRADITIONALLY, BOTH MEN AND THE WOMAN WHO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED OR HAVE BEEN WIDOWED, BUT THE CUSTOM HAS EVOLVED TO INCLUDE SINGLE PEOPLE AS WELL.
- THIS CUSTOM IS PREVALENT IN PARTS OF RAJASTHAN, GUJARAT AND MADHYA PRADESH. IT IS MAINLY PRACTICED BY THE BHIL TRIBE, ONE OF THE LARGEST TRIBES IN SOUTH ASIA.
- IT ALLOWS A MAN TO HAVE A LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH A MARRIED WOMAN.
- HOWEVER, IT IS ALLOWED ONLY IF BOTH THE MAN AND THE WOMAN ARE ALREADY MARRIED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
- UNDER THIS SYSTEM, NOR FORMAL MARRIAGE CEREMONY IS REQUIRED TO LIVE TOGETHER. COUPLE CAN PERFORM ALL OBLIGATIONS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE WITHOUT ENTERING INTO MARRIAGE.
- UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE CUSTOM, THE MAN HAS TO PAY SOME MONEY TO THE UNMARRIED WOMAN SO THAT HE CAN MOVE IN WITH HER.
- THIS MONEY, THE BRIDE PRICE IS FIXED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, OR MIDDLEMEN, WHO MAY RECIEVE A CUT FOR DOING SO.
THE VOLKSRUST SATYAGRAHA?
THE VOLKSRUST SATYAGRAHA, A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MAHATMA GANDHI’S NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, INVOLVED A MARCH OF INDIAN WORKERS FROM NATAL TO TRANSVAAL IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1913, PROTESTING DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND RESULTING IN GANDHI’S IMPRISONMENT IN VOLKSRUST.
KHEER BHAWANI TEMPLE LOCATION?
- IT IS A HINDU TEMPLE SITUATED AT THE NORTH EAST OF SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, IN GANDERBAL DISTRICT’S TULMULLA.
- THIS TEMPLE IS A HOME TO GODDESS DURGA WHO IS WORSHIPPED IN THE FORM OF MAA RAGINI.
HISTORICAL MENTION OF KHEER BHAWANI TEMPLE?
THERE IS A REFERENCE OF KHEER BHAWANI IN KALHANA’S RAJTARANGINI AND BRIGU SAMHITA.
KHEER BHAWANI TEMPLE IS BUILT BY?
THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF THE SPRING, TEMPLE POND, AND TEMPLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1910s DURING THE REIGN OF MAHARAJA PRATAP SINGH OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, WITH FURTHER RENOVATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY MAHARAJA HARI SINGH.
QUILON OR KOLLAM PORT?
QUILON OR KOLLAM, IS AN OLD PORT TOWN ON THE ARABIAN COAST. THE TOWN WAS AN INTERNATIONAL EMPORIUM OF TRADE IN THE OLDEN DAYS AND NOW IT IS KNOWN AS THE CASHEW BOWL OF INDIA.
RESOURCES FROM KOLLAM PORT?
- THE BEACH SANDS OF THE KOLLAM DISTRICT HAVE CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS LIKE ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONOSITE AND ZIRCON, LARGE DEPOSITS OF CHINA CLAY IN KUNDARA, MULAVANA AND CHATHANNOOR.
- THERE ARE ALSO LIME SHELL AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS WHICH MAKE IT A STRATEGIC MINING LOCATION.
RECENTLY, UNESCO DESIGNATED ________ AS INDIA’S FIRST ‘CITY OF LITERATURE’ RECOGNIZING IT UNDER THE LITERARY CATEGORY OF THE UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK (UCCN).
KOZHIKODE.
KAMBAR IS ALSO KNOWN AS?
KAVICHAKRAVARTHY KAMBAN (EMPEROR OF POETS).
ERA DURING WHICH KAMBAR LIVED?
LIVED AND FLOURISHED IN THE CHOLA EMPIRE DURING THE REIGN OF KULOTHUNGA 3.
SARHUL FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN?
JHARKHAND.
KERALA’S FIRST TRIBAL HANDICRAFT TO GET GI TAG?
- KANNADIPPAYA IS A TRADITIONAL TRIBAL MAT WITH A MIRROR LIKE REFLECTIVE PATTERN.
- MADE FROM REED BAMBOO (TEINOSTACHYUM WIGHTII), LOCALLY KNOWN AS NJOONJILEETTA, NJOOJOORA, PONNEETTA, MEIEETA, NEYTHEETTA.
WARANGAL CHAPATA CHILLI GOT GI TAG RECENTLY. IT IS FROM WHICH STATE?
- TELANGANA.
- ALSO KNOWN AS TOMATO CHILLI DUE TO ITS BRIGHT RED COLOUR AND ROUND TOMATO LIKE SHAPE.
- LESS PUNGENT BUT HAS HIGH CAPSICUM OLEORESIN, GIVING RICH RED COLOR AND STRONG FLAVOUR.
TYPES OF WARANGAL CHAPATA CHILLI?
- SINGLE PATTI
- DOUBLE PATTI
- ODALU.
