Art and Culture Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 2)

He took no part on either side. He went to the Sarasvati river to practise penance.

They are made of neem wood known as Daru Brahma. They are renewed in the Nabakalebara rite.

The embryo was moved to Rohini, a second wife of Vasudeva. This gave him the name Sankarshana.

Aarumugan means the six-faced one. It is the popular Tamil name for the six-faced god.

Six Krittika stars nursed him by his six heads. This gave the names Sanmukha and Sanmatura.

Velan means the god with the spear, the vel. It is his most characteristic weapon.

The commemoration runs from 7 November 2025 to 7 November 2026. A commemorative stamp and coin were released at its opening. The song was written on 7 November 1875.

The Bengali Gitanjali came out in 1910. The English Gitanjali: Song Offerings followed in 1912. Tagore won the Nobel Prize a year later, in 1913.

The prize motivation praised his sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse. It said he made his poetic thought, in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West. His languages were Bengali and English.

Dr S. Radhakrishnan laid the stone in 1965. V. V. Giri inaugurated the stupa in 1969.

Fujii Guruji started the idea. He began after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Rasamanjari describes and classifies lovers. Basohli artists painted its hero and heroine as Krishna and Radha.

Entry is from the east through the 32-step Singh Dwar. The 51 in the options is the idol’s height in inches.

The temple is built in the traditional Nagara style. It has 392 pillars and 44 doors.

He was knighted in 1842. He was the first Indian subject to get the honour.

Agastya Lake graces the valley between the northern and southern hills. It was built in the 7th century as a water project for the capital.

Article 19(1)(a) gives citizens the freedom of speech and expression. Article 19(2) lists the grounds for reasonable restrictions, such as public order and defamation.

The Madras High Court wrote this in July 2016 while dismissing petitions against Perumal Murugan’s novel Madhorubagan. The author had quit writing in January 2015 after protests.

The mixing happened 19 to 33 generations ago. That is far later than the shipwreck legend.

Four Jewish families built it in 1568. It was rebuilt in 1663 after the Portuguese destroyed it.

Wheat and barley, with lentil, chickpea and sesame, were found at Harappan sites. Rice was rare.

The Class 6 book shows a whistle of about 4 cm from Karanpura in Rajasthan.

The bust of the bearded man was made in soapstone. The torso was made in red sandstone.

Wax figures were coated with clay and heated. The wax drained out, and molten metal filled the mould.