Art and Culture Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 3)

This question came in the DSSSB PGT Fine Arts paper of 27 August 2018. S.H. Raza is known for the Bindu, a dot or third eye in Hindu thought. Ara and Souza painted in other ways.

The New York Times describes a single rope-like strand of 366 steel elements. The 455 is the number of steps, and 2,000 is the tonnes of steel.

This question came in an RPSC College Lecturer (Drawing-II) paper dated 28 June 2016. Anish Kapoor, a Turner Prize winner, designed the Orbit.

It is a rare Indian mosque without a courtyard. Small cupolas roof 68 bays across the hall.

Malwa lacked significant local traditions and was hostile to neighbouring Gujarat, so it followed the early Tughlaq style.

Hoshang Shah’s tomb at Mandu is one of the first in India built completely of marble.

Mahmud Begada made Champaner his capital after conquering it in 1484. It was abandoned in 1536.

She blended the Purab and Punjab styles. These are two schools of thumri and dadra.

Elaborate jaalis with geometric and floral patterns are the hallmark of Gujarat. Their climax is the Sidi Sayyid mosque of 1572.

She sang six songs in Mehboob Khan’s film Roti. Mumtaz Begum and Jalsaghar are other films she appeared in.

She died in October 1974. The Padma Bhushan came in 1975, after her death. Her Padma Shri came earlier, in 1968.

She died in Ahmedabad on 30 October 1974. She had sung at a packed concert a day earlier. She was buried in Lucknow, next to her mother.

Begum Akhtar was born on 7 October 1914 in Faizabad. Her birth name was Akhtari Bai Faizabadi.

Paved walkways and water channels make four parts, each split again. That gives 36 squares.

She was born in Budapest in 1913 to an Indian father and a Hungarian mother. Nair’s new film Amri is about her.

Columbia says Monsoon Wedding was shot in 30 days on hand-held cameras. It went on to win the Golden Lion.

The Academy list shows Denmark’s Pelle the Conqueror as the winner. India’s film was a nominee.

Its earnings repaid the Film Finance Corporation’s loan of Rs 1.5 lakh. That body also helped finance the film.

It was one of the first Malayalam films to use sync sound and outdoor locales. It was also shot in black and white.

FTII graduates founded it to produce and distribute non-commercial films. The Kerala government supported it.

The five Ks are kes (hair), kangha (comb), kachha (shorts), karha (steel bracelet) and kirpan (sword).

Guru Arjan was executed on the order of Jahangir, as the first Sikh martyr. Aurangzeb ordered Guru Tegh Bahadur’s execution in 1675.

Tradition says Bhadrabahu led the monks south. Sthulabhadra stayed in the north and allowed white garments.

Anekantavada means non-one-sidedness. Every thing has substance, quality and mode, so it lasts and changes together.

The Sangha of Pataliputra collected eleven Angas. The twelfth, the Drishtivada, was lost. It held the fourteen Purvas.