| Most Important MCQs on the topic ” Indian Art & Culture “(Set-5). These questions are very important for SSC, Railways, Defence, CTET, State PCS, UPSC, Judiciary and all other examinations of India. |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Mohiniattam
List-II
- Tamil Nadu
- Kerala
- Andhra Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (B) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| (C) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Artist)
(a) Hira Bhattacharya
(b) Malini Rajurkar
(c) Pratibha Prahlad
(d) Vempati Chinna Satyam
List-II (Art)
- Bharatanatyam dance
- Hindustani vocal music
- Kuchipudi dance
- Puppetry
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (B) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (C) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (D) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Q. Various States and their popular dance styles are given as follows.
List-I
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
List-II
- Bihu
- Burra
- Ghoomar
- Nati
What will be the correct matching of state and dance?
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (C) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (D) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (State)
(a) Assam
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Bihar
List-II (Dance)
- Jata-Jatin
- Jatra
- Ojapali
- Luddi
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| (B) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (C) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (D) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Q. Match the correct order.
List-I
(a) Shahnai
(b) Sarod
(c) Painter
(d) Tabla
(e) Sitar
List-II
- Maqbool Fida Husain
- Bismillah Khan
- Alla Rakha
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Ravi Shankar
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (E) | |
| (A) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| (B) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| (C) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| (D) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Q. Match the following.
List-I
(a) Birju Maharaj
(b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia
(c) Ali Akbar
(d) Zakir Hussain
List-II
- Flute
- Tabla
- Kathak
- Sarod
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (B) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (C) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (D) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia
(c) Asad Ali Khan
(d) Pramod Gaekwad
List-II
- Flute
- Santoor
- Sundari
- Rudra Veena
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (C) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (D) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Field)
(a) Khayal
(b) Pakhawaj
(c) Veena Vadan
(d) Tabla
List-II (Artist)
- Suraj Khan
- Sadiq Ali Khan
- Pt. Ayodhya Prasad
- Veeru Mishra
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (C) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match the following.
List-I
(a) Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur
(c) V.G. Jog
(d) Ali Akbar Khan
List-II
- Hindustani Music
- Violin Player
- Santoor Player
- Sarod Player
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| (C) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| (D) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Ravishankar
(b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia
(c) Omkar Nath Thakur
(d) Bismillah Khan
List-II
- Shahnai
- Violin
- Sitar
- Flute
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (C) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (D) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Kishan Maharaj
(b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia
(c) Pt. Gopalji Mishra
(d) Kudak Singh
List-II
- Sarangi Player
- Tabla Player
- Pakhawaj Player
- Bansuri Player
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| (B) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (C) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| (D) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Q. Match the following.
List-I
(a) Rukmani Devi
(b) Kumar Gandharva
(c) Birju Maharaj
(d) Rakesh Sharma
List-II
- Classical singing
- Astronaut
- Kathak dance
- Bharatanatyam dance
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (C) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (D) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Artist)
(a) Balamurali Krishna
(b) Mita Pandit
(c) Kanyakumari
(d) Nikhil Bannerjee
List-II (Medium of music delivery)
- Hindustani Vocal
- Ghatam
- Sitar
- Violin
- Carnatic Vocal
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (B) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| (C) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| (D) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
(b) Sharmila Tagore
(c) Balamurali Krishna
(d) Sonal Man Singh
List-II
- Dance
- Carnatic Vocal
- Theatre
- Historian
- Cinema
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| (B) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| (C) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| (D) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Pandit Durga Lal
(b) Lalgudi Jayaraman
(c) Balamurali Krishna
(d) Amrita Shergil
List-II
- Instrumental music
- Dance
- Painting
- Vocal music
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (B) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| (C) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (D) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Famous person)
(a) Mandakini Amte
(b) Neelam Man Singh Chowdhary
(c) Romila Thaper
(d) Vanashree Rao
List-II (Well-known for)
- Theatre direction
- Social Service and Community leadership
- Dance
- History writing
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (B) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| (C) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Amrita Shergil
(b) Bhimsen Joshi
(c) Rukmini Devi Arundale
(d) Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’
List-II
- Dancer
- Painter
- Poet
- Singer
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (B) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| (C) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Taslima Nasrin
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) M.F. Hussain
(d) Rukmini Arundale
List-II
- Satanic Verses
- Lajja
- Dance
- Painter
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (C) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| (D) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Q. Match the following.
List-I
(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak
(d) Odissi
List-II
- Orissa
- Uttar Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu
- Andhra Pradesh
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (B) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| (C) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (D) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
(b) Venkatamahi
(c) Shyama Shastri
(d) Amir Khusrau
List-II
- Introduced the scheme of Raga classification of Indian music
- Proponent of Carnatic music
- Proponent of the Khayal form of Hindustani music
- Wrote the music for the song ‘Vande Mataram’
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (B) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (C) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| (D) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Eminent)
(a) Bhanu Bharti
(b) Mike Pandey
(c) Mohd. Zahur Khayyam
(d) Vinda Karandikar
List-II (Known As)
- Music composer
- Poet and literature
- Theatre director
- Wildlife filmmaker
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| (B) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| (C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Field)
(a) Hindi Literature
(b) Urdu
(c) Music and Dance
(d) Painting
List-II (Person)
- Ras Khan
- Gyan Chandra Jain
- Savita Devi
- Satish Chandra
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (C) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Person)
(a) Santosh Yadav
(b) Oprah Winfrey
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) P. Sainath
List-II (Distinguished as)
- T.V. Host
- Journalist
- Mountaineer
- Dramatist and Author
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (B) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (C) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (D) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Liberties)
(a) Saraswati Mahal Library
(b) Library of Tibetan Work and Archives
(c) Raza Library
(d) Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
List-II (Locations)
- Patna
- Dharamsala
- Thanjavur
- Rampur
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| (B) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| (C) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (D) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Monument)
(a) Gateway of India
(b) Victoria Memorial
(c) India Gate
(d) Char Minar
List-II (Location)
- Kolkata
- Hyderabad
- New Delhi
- Mumbai
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (B) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (C) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (D) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Sri Harikota
(b) Sanchi Stupa
(c) Gujari Mahal
(d) Taj-ul-Masjid
List-II
- Bhopal
- Raisen
- Gwalior
- Andhra Pradesh
Code
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| (C) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |