1: In Hindu mythology, who is the record from Lord Yama, who reads out the soul’s account from the great register?
Ans: Chitragupta
2: Who was the husband of Dusshala, the only sister of the Kauravas?
Ans: Jayadrath (or Saindhava)
Ans: Jayadrath (or Saindhava)
3: What is the name of the school of art formed by the mixture of the Greco-Roman and Indian school of art in 2nd century to 4th century?
Ans: The Gandhara School.
Ans: The Gandhara School.
4: What was the primary reason for the construction of Umaid Bhavan Palace in Jodhpur in 1929?
Ans: “As a famine relief project, which gave “employment to 3,000 people”
Ans: “As a famine relief project, which gave “employment to 3,000 people”
5: Who is the third of this trinity of Carnatic Classical Music? Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar & ___________?
Ans: Shyama Shastri
Ans: Shyama Shastri
6: It is an Arabic word which literally means “talking to women”. Another etymological meaning of the word is “painful wail of a wounded deer”. What?
Ans: Ghazal
Ans: Ghazal
7: In a very famous Indian work of fiction, Mahendra, a young zamindar, leaves his drought affected village Padachihno for a nearby town, but he is taken a captive by the soldiers. Bhavananda frees him and takes him to a secret hideout. What is the name of the hideout?
Ans: Ananda Math
Ans: Ananda Math
8: Name the two sons of music director Chitragupta. They are music directors’ in their own right.
Ans: Anand Milind
Ans: Anand Milind
9: His first venture was to open the Hong Kong branch of his father’s firm in December of the same year, in partnership with Premchand Roychand and others. His reputation as an industrialist was based on the cotton mills he started. In 1871 he began to promote the “Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company, Limited”, and built from scratch the Empress Mills in Nagpur. Opened on New Year’s day, 1877, this immensely successful cotton mill developed business practices which remained the hallmark of this business house for years to come. Who?
Ans: Jamshetji Tata
Ans: Jamshetji Tata
10: He was the son of Tripta and Mehta Kalu and was born in 1469, at Talwandi. Who?
Ans: Guru Nanak
Ans: Guru Nanak
11: What is common to Abdul Karim Khan, Alladiya Khan and Naththan Khan in Hindustani music?
Ans: They were pioneers of their gharanas; Kirana, Atrauli-Jaipur and Agra respectively
Ans: They were pioneers of their gharanas; Kirana, Atrauli-Jaipur and Agra respectively
12: Pandit Narayan wrote these stories for a king. He borrowed heavily from the Panchatantra for his material. His work is divided into four parts – Mitralabha, Suhridbheda, and Vigraha & Sandhi. What work?
Ans: Hitopadesha
Ans: Hitopadesha
13: Ghiyas ud din Tughluq wanted to shift the capital from Delhi to a new city Tughluqabad. His soldiers approached Nizam Ud Din Aulia, the sufi saint, who refused to lend laborers for building this city. Tughluq promised to deal with Aulia when he returned from his Bengal campaign. Aulia refused to flee stating that “Delhi was far away”. Tughluq never reached Delhi. How did he die?
Ans: He attended a reception in his honour and the platform on which he was seated collapsed. He was crushed to death.
Ans: He attended a reception in his honour and the platform on which he was seated collapsed. He was crushed to death.
14: Mangal Pande of the 34th Native Infantry Regiment was sentenced and hanged on April 8, 1857. The rest of the infantry was disarmed and disbanded. Who was the only other person to be executed from this regiment?
Ans: Ishwari Prasad, the head guard
Ans: Ishwari Prasad, the head guard
15: Surabhi the cow, Uchchhaishrava the horse, a bevy of apsaras, the parijata tree, varuni, the goddess of wine, Shree the goddess, halahala a poison and Dhanvantari the divine physician….what is common?
Ans: All arose from the churning of the ocean by the asuras and devas (Dhanvantri carried the nectar of immortality) ”
Ans: All arose from the churning of the ocean by the asuras and devas (Dhanvantri carried the nectar of immortality) ”
16: This great Indian philosopher suggested that the world was real instead of illusory. He therefore put forward a fresh ontological classification of reality into two orders. Svantantra and Paratantra – independent and dependant. God alone is the independent reality. Who?
Ans: Madhvacharya
Ans: Madhvacharya
17: He succeeded his elder brother Veera Narasimha as king. As an accomplished poet and a patron of the arts, his literary court was adorned by eminent poets and scholars. He himself wrote a Telugu classic Amukta Malyada and a play in Sanskrit, Jambavati Kalyana. Who?
Ans: Krishnadeva Raya, king of Vijayanagar
Ans: Krishnadeva Raya, king of Vijayanagar
18: Author of Vikramarjuna Vijaya. 1st retelling of the Mahabharata in a non-sanskrit language. Who?
Ans: Pampa Mahakavi
Ans: Pampa Mahakavi
19: The Ghost Road by Pat Barker, Last orders by Graham Swift, _______, Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. Complete the series.
Ans:”The God of Small things by Arundhati Roy – Booker’s in 95, 96, 97 & 98″
Ans:”The God of Small things by Arundhati Roy – Booker’s in 95, 96, 97 & 98″
20: It is said that Brahma, the Creator, created this, taking literature from the Rig Veda, song from the Sama Veda, abhinaya or expression from the Yajur Veda and rasa or aesthetic experience from the Atharva Veda.?
Ans: Natya or dance
Ans: Natya or dance
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