Latest Arts and Culture General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Which among the following is known as the earliest example of Panchayatana style of temple?

A)

Dashavatara temple at Deogarh

B)

Temple at Pathari

C)

Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar

D)

Lakshmana temple at Sirpur

Correct Answer : Dashavatara temple at Deogarh

2 .

Which among the following is the most famous Bronze Image of Chola Period?

A)

Murugan

B)

Nataraja

C)

Venkateshwar

D)

Vishunu

Correct Answer : Nataraja

3 .

Which among the following is the hallmark feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture?

A)

Shikara

B)

Gopura

C)

Vimana

D)

Mandapa

Correct Answer : Vimana

Vimana is a term for the tower above the Garbhagriha or Sanctum sanctorum in a Hindu temple in Dravidian style.

4 .

Which among the following ancient authors has complained of the drain of gold to India (due to trade hegemony of ancient India)?

A)

Ptolemy

B)

Nero

C)

Strabo

D)

Pliny

Correct Answer : Pliny

The lamentation of the Roman writer Pliny in the 1st century A.D refers to heavy drain of Gold from Roman into India in payment of her imports from India. He writes that the drain of Gold is in return for unproductive luxuries.

5 .

The Pagodas at Mahabalipuram had been constructed by ___?

A)

Cholas

B)

Chalukyas of Kalyani

C)

Pallavas

D)

Pandyas

Correct Answer : Pallavas

6 .

Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?

A)

Pattupattu

B)

Ettutogai

C)

Silappadikaram

D)

Tolkappiam

Correct Answer : Tolkappiam

7 .

Veda which is partly in prose and partly in verses is ___ ?

A)

Rigveda

B)

Samaveda

C)

Yajurveda

D)

Atharvaveda

Correct Answer : Yajurveda

Adhyayas of Yajur Veda, made up partly of verses and partly of prose, contain a number of prayers and sacrificial formulae. Extensive details for carrying out different sacrifices are given in the chapters of the Yajur Veda.

8 .

In which century, the Rajatarangini of Kalhana was composed?

A)

10th

B)

11th

C)

12th

D)

13th

Correct Answer : 12th

9 .

According to the beliefs of the Pasupata sect, Siva is the lord of Pasu. Pasu here refers to __?

A)

Lion

B)

Bull

C)

Parvati

D)

Jiva

Correct Answer : Jiva

10 .

Which among the following Hindu Painters was sent by Jahangir to portrait Shah Abbas-I of Persia ?

A)

Basawan

B)

Bishan Das

C)

Dasarath

D)

Manohar

Correct Answer : Bishan Das

Bishandas was a 17th-century portrait painter at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Jahangir praised him as “unrivalled in the art of portraiture”.