Art and Culture Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 24)

The correct answer is 1797, in Akbarabad (present-day Agra). Ghalib was born on 27 December 1797 in Agra. He moved to Delhi after his marriage and lived there until 1869. Memory hook: 1797, Agra, then Delhi.

She received the Bharat Ratna in 2001, alongside earlier honours including the Padma Bhushan (1969) and Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989).

She held the Guinness record for the most commercial recordings by any singer, from 1974 to 1991.

Deenanath Mangeshkar was a Marathi and Konkani classical singer and theatre actor; his death made Lata the family’s main earner at 13.

Nehru, present in the audience, was reportedly moved to tears by the tribute to soldiers of the 1962 war.

‘Aayega Aanewala,’ from the film Mahal, established Mangeshkar as a leading playback voice in 1949.

Shashi Kapoor was Raj Kapoor’s younger brother, not his son. Randhir, Rishi, and Rajiv Kapoor were his three sons.

Raj Kapoor received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1988, collapsing from an asthma attack on stage at the ceremony on 2 May 1988; he died a month later.

Awaara (1951) drew roughly 100 million admissions in the Soviet Union alone, making Raj Kapoor a genuine global star.

RK Films’ first release was Aag (1948), which Raj Kapoor both directed and starred in, marking his directorial debut.

Raj Kapoor was born Shrishti Nath Kapoor on 14 December 1924, in Peshawar, and later took the name Ranbir Raj Kapoor.

Banabhatta served Harsha in the 7th century CE, roughly two centuries after Kalidasa, who wrote under the Gupta emperors.

The Harshacharita is widely regarded as India’s first historical biography written in Sanskrit prose, covering Emperor Harsha’s life and reign.

Bana died before finishing Kadambari. His son Bhushanabhatta completed it according to his father’s plan, writing its Uttarabhaga (later part).

The Harshacharita’s first two chapters are autobiographical, covering Bana’s own family, wandering youth, and journey to Harsha’s court.

Kurinji represents the hilly/mountain landscape, one of five tinai zones (alongside mullai, marutham, neytal, and palai) used across Sangam-era Tamil literature.

Valayapathi and Kundalakesi, two of the Five Great Epics, are now largely lost; Silappadikaram, Manimekhalai, and Civaka Cintamani survive complete.

Kannagi, after proving Kovalan’s innocence, tears off one breast and burns down Madurai in grief and rage.

Power looms produce Banarasi-look sarees roughly ten times faster than handlooms, undercutting genuine weavers despite the GI tag’s legal protection.

Zari thread traditionally comes from Surat, Gujarat, even though the weaving itself happens in and around Varanasi.

Gujarati silk weavers, displaced by the 1603 famine, settled around Varanasi and blended their skills with local weaving traditions.

Persian weaving techniques reached India in the 14th century, later blending with local craft under Mughal patronage.

Like Banarasi weaving, Kanjeevaram sarees use zari sourced from Surat, Gujarat, even though the silk itself comes from Karnataka.

Kanchipuram silk sarees were registered with a GI tag in 2005-06, protecting the name for sarees woven in the region.

The Korvai technique interlocks a separately-woven border and body at the join, letting the two carry different colours seamlessly.