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A)
Benaras
B)
Calcutta
C)
Madras
D)
Agra

Correct Answer :   Calcutta

A)
Puranas
B)
Upanishads
C)
Vedanga
D)
Vedanta

Correct Answer :   Vedanga

The word ‘Vedanga’ means the ‘limbs of the Vedas’. They are a form of supplementary texts that aid in the proper recitation and understanding of the Vedas. They are considered to be of human origin.

A)
Acharakkovai
B)
Buddhacharita
C)
Mahabhashya
D)
Mrichakatika

Correct Answer :   Acharakkovai

According to the famous text Acharakkovai, if the water is touched by an untouchable also called as Pulaiya, it is seen as unfit for consumption by higher caste people. It is also mentioned that even glancing at a pulaiya polluted the upper caste people.

A)
Relics of Buddha
B)
Sanskrit theatre
C)
ndian Classical Music
D)
Indian Classical Dance

Correct Answer :   Indian Classical Dance

Karna is a combined movement of the feet and the hands, which, though momentarily static, is a dynamic series of movements which culminates in a specific pose. Natya Shastra has described 108 karnas, each comprising of movements of abstract dance. Angahgara is the name of collective movements comprising several Karnas. When Shiva performs the Tandava, several Karnas are linked together to form a garland of dance poses and movements. These become the Angaharas, garlands of dance poses of Lord Hara (Shiva). Longer sequences of movements are like garlands and are thus known as Angahgara.

A)
Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)
Amir Khusro
C)
Bulleh Shah
D)
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana

Correct Answer :   Malik Muhammad Jayasi

Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi is a poem about the beauty and Jauhar of Padmani.

A)
Mundaka Upanishad
B)
Chandogya Upanishad
C)
Mandukya Upanishad
D)
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad

Correct Answer :   Chandogya Upanishad

“Tat Tvam Asi” is a Sanskrit phrase is one of the Mahāvākyas (Grand Pronouncements) in Vedantic Sanatana Dharma. It originally occurs in the Chandogya Upanishad, a Sanskrit text embedded in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda of Hinduism.

A)
Elephant caves
B)
Karle caves
C)
Mahabalipuram temple
D)
Chaityas

Correct Answer :   Mahabalipuram temple

A)
1919
B)
1926
C)
1953
D)
1977

Correct Answer :   1919

A)
Raja Martanda
B)
Raja Uday Rao
C)
Raja Keshav Varma
D)
Raja Ravi Verma

Correct Answer :   Raja Ravi Verma

A)
Rajat Verma
B)
Ranendra
C)
Shravan Kumar Goswami
D)
Nirmala Putul

Correct Answer :   Ranendra