Important Indian Art and Culture MCQ Questions for competitive exams. General Knowledge MCQs in English for the preparation of UPSC, SSC and all Govt jobs competitive exams.
Art and Culture MCQs
Q.1: Papeti is a festival of which religion?
(a) Parsi
(b) Jain
(c) Sikh
(d) Buddhist
Q.2: Which of the following is a famous Assamese festival?
(a) Makar Sankranti
(b) Yugadi
(c) Onam
(d) Rongali Bihu
Q.3: The most popular festival in Tamil Nadu is:
(a) Gudi Padwa
(b) Onam
(c) Bihu
(d) Pongal
Q.4: Which of the following languages has been granted the status of a classical language by the Central Government?
(a) Gujarati
(b) Tamil
(c) Marathi
(d) Malayalam
Q.5: Who initiated the famous Persian festival Nowruz?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firoz Tughlaq
(d) Balban
Q.6: Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with great enthusiasm in which state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Q.7: Where is the ‘Pushkar Fair’ held?
(a) Jodhpur
(b) Ajmer
(c) Jaipur
(d) Udaipur
Q.8: What language is spoken by the people of Lakshadweep?
(a) Malayalam
(b) Tamil
(c) Kannada
(d) Telugu
Q.9: The folk painting style ‘Madhubani’ is popular in which of the following states of India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Q.10: The Lalit Kala Akademi is dedicated to promoting:
(a) Fine Arts
(b) Literature
(c) Music
(d) Dance and Drama
Q.11: Who was the painter of the famous painting ‘Bharat Mata’?
(a) Gaganendranath Tagore
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Nandalal Bose
(d) Jamini Roy
Q.12: The birthplace of the distinguished personality Amrita Sher-Gil is:
(a) Hungary
(b) India
(c) Austria
(d) Poland
Q.13: Raja Ravi Varma from Kerala was a distinguished:
(a) Dancer
(b) Painter
(c) Poet
(d) Singer
Q.14: Jamini Roy made a name for himself in which field?
(a) Badminton
(b) Painting
(c) Theater
(d) Sculpture
Q.15: Who painted the masterpiece ‘Hamsa Damayanti’?
(a) Anjolie Ela Menon
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Amrita Sher-Gil
(d) Raja Ravi Varma
Q.16: In which field did Prodosh Dasgupta distinguish himself?
(a) Sculpture
(b) Painting
(c) Instrumental Music
(d) Hindustani Vocal Music
Q.17: Who was the founder of the Bengal School of Art?
(a) Nandalal Bose
(b) B.C. Sanyal
(c) Jamini Roy
(d) Abanindranath Tagore
Q.18: Rajasthani and Pahari art styles are famous for:
(a) Music
(b) Dance
(c) Sculpture
(d) Painting
Q.19: In which state is the folk painting ‘Madhubani’ popular?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Odisha
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
Q.20: During which period did the Gandhara art develop?
(a) Gupta
(b) Maurya
(c) Satavahana
(d) Kushan
Q.21: What do the paintings of Ajanta depict?
(a) Ramayana
(b) Mahabharata
(c) Jataka
(d) Panchatantra
Q.22: Where did the miniature painting of Indian heritage develop?
(a) Guler
(b) Mewar
(c) Bundi
(d) Kishangarh
Q.23: In which field did Jamini Roy earn fame?
(a) Sculpture
(b) Music
(c) Painting
(d) Drama
Q.24: Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh, was a citizen of which country?
(a) Netherlands
(b) Portugal
(c) UK
(d) France
Q.25: Who among the following is famous in the field of painting?
(a) Parveen Sultana
(b) Prof. T.N. Krishnan
(c) Ramkinkar
(d) Raja Ravi Varma
Q.26: Who among the following is famous in the field of sculpture?
(a) Manjit Bawa
(b) Saroja Vaidyanathan
(c) Ramkinkar
(d) Raja Ravi Varma
Q.27: Who among the following is a renowned painter?
(a) Amrita Sher-Gil
(b) N Rajam
(c) Kamla Dasgupta
(d) U Srinivas
Q.28: Which of the following Sikh heritage sites is not in India?
(a) Nanded
(b) Kesgarh Sahib
(c) Paonta Sahib
(d) Nankana Sahib
Q.29: The oldest form of Hindustani classical music composition is:
(a) Dhrupad
(b) Thumri
(c) Ghazal
(d) None of the above
Q.30: Raga Kameshwari was composed by:
(a) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(b) None of the above
(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(d) Uday Shankar
Q.31: The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh is:
(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Odissi
(c) Bharatanatyam
(d) Kathakali
Q.32: Who directed the film based on the bandit queen Phoolan Devi?
(a) Abbas-Mustan
(b) Shashi Kapoor
(c) Shekhar Kapur
(d) Anil Kapoor
Q.33: Which of the following is a folk dance of India?
(a) Mohiniyattam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Manipuri
(d) Garba
Q.34: What was the first Indian talkie film?
(a) Kisan Kanya
(b) Raja Harishchandra
(c) Bharat Mata
(d) Alam Ara
Q.35: Hariprasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of:
(a) Shehnai
(b) Tabla
(c) Sarod
(d) Flute
Q.36: The Kathakali dance form is associated with which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Manipur
(d) Kerala
Q.37: The religious text of the Jewish people is:
(a) Analects
(b) Torah
(c) Tripitaka
(d) Zend-Avesta
Q.38: Shiv Kumar Sharma is famous for playing which instrument?
(a) Santoor
(b) Sitar
(c) Sarod
(d) Flute
Q.39: The great Indian maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan is associated with:
(a) Shehnai
(b) Tabla
(c) Sarod
(d) Flute
Q.40: What is the name of the famous folk theatre of the Bhils?
(a) Gawarl
(b) Swang
(c) Tamasha
(d) Rammat
Q.41: Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for which dance?
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Kathak
(c) Manipuri
(d) Odissi
Q.42: Kathakali classical dance originated from:
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Q.43: ‘Bhangra’ is a dance form of:
(a) Haryana
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Delhi
(d) Punjab
Q.44: ‘Dandiya’ is a popular dance of:
(a) Gujarat
(b) Assam
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Maharashtra
Q.45: ‘Sattriya Dance’ was recognized as a classical dance of India by the Sangeet Natak Akademi only in 2000. It originated from:
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Tripura
Q.46: In which of the following films did Pran act as a character artist instead of a villain?
(a) Ram Aur Shyam
(b) Zanjeer
(c) Madhumati
(d) Himalay Ki God Mein
Q.47: Which of the following films was not directed by Satyajit Ray?
(a) Aparajito
(b) Charulata
(c) Pather Panchali
(d) Salaam Bombay
Q.48: Nautanki is a folk dance of which state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
Q.49: Guru Gopinath was a proponent of:
(a) Kathak
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Bharatanatyam
Q.50: Satyajit Ray was associated with which of the following?
(a) Classical Dance
(b) Journalism
(c) Classical Music
(d) Film Direction