Indian Culture MCQs

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Celebration of the biggest post-harvest festival of the Zeliangrong community, Chakan Gaan-Ngai, also popularly known as Gaan-Ngai was kick-started in Manipur recently with different organizations celebrating the festival in their own manner with traditional gaiety and religious fervour. The State Level celebration of the festival was organized by State Level Gaan Ngai-2013 Committee at Langol Tarung village with Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh as Chief Guest.

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Mattur Village, located in Karnataka, is notable for its inhabitants who speak Sanskrit as their primary language. This unique linguistic tradition is a rare phenomenon in India, where most people speak regional languages. Karnataka has a rich cultural heritage, and Mattur is often referred to as a “Sanskrit village,” reflecting its commitment to preserving this ancient language. The village is also known for its educational institutions that promote Sanskrit learning.

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Bhagvatgita belongs to Bhishma parva. There are total in 18 parvas in Mahabharata.

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During Aurangzeb’s reign, Nuskha-i-Dil Khusha written by Bhimsen Burhanpuri, a Bundela officer in the Mughal service.

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The temple was used as a navigational point by European sailors. They referred to it as the ‘Black Pagoda’ due to its dark color and its magnetic power that drew ships into the shore and caused shipwrecks. Black Pagoda is a massive conception of artistic magnificence and engineering dexterity.

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It is the acid rain that is most dangerous for the monument. Indeed, the inadvertent emission of sulfuric oxide from nearby industries, due to road traffic, causes acid rain. This rain colors the Taj Mahal yellow, tarnishing it, and, worse, it erodes it, attacking what is most fragile at first: the sculptures and incrustations of stone.

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Ravi Shankar is known as Sitar maestro. He was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. Raja Ravi Varma was a celebrated Indian Malayali painter and artist.  Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player. Ali Akbar Khan was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana. H e was expert at sarod playing.

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Chakiarkoothu is the renowned folk dance of Kerala, related to which statements 1, 2 and 4 are accurate. This dance form, believed to have been introduced to Kerala by early Aryan immigrants, is performed only by the members of the Chakiar caste. Traditional observation by higher caste Hindus is non-existent. Its theatre form is named koothambalam.

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Mizo shawl, Kashmir pashmina has a GI tag in India. A geographical indication is a name or sign used on products which correspond to a specific geographical location or origin.

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There is a range of rituals and practice in Hinduism rituals such as puja (worship) and recitations (japa) and meditation (dhyana) to realize divine goals. During the last stage of their lives, some Hindus leave their social world and material possessions to engage in lifelong Sannyasa (monasticism) in order to achieve Moksha (salvation).