Art and Culture Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 4)

Awaara means The Vagabond. Jagte Raho means Stay Awake, and Shree 420 is Mr. 420.

Ankur (1974) marked the coming of age of the parallel cinema movement that Ray had started. Bhuvan Shome (1969) is an earlier example.

The Apu Trilogy has three films: Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar. Charulata (1964) is a separate film.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award began in 1969. Devika Rani, called the First Lady of Indian Cinema, was its first recipient.

The painting was featured on a commemorative postage stamp issued in 1973. The stamp calls the painting Radha. Both sources note that it became a national symbol of beauty.

Kishangarh artists painted panoramic landscapes behind their figures, with lakes, gardens, hills and marble palace rooms. These wide views make the figures look small.

Kishangarh figures have elongated faces, pointed chins and lotus-shaped, half-closed eyes. Bani Thani is usually shown in profile with these features.

Court painters showed Sawant Singh as Krishna and Bani Thani as Radha, the beloved of Krishna. This idea of showing a ruler and his beloved as gods is called divinisation.

Bani Thani belongs to the Kishangarh school, from the small kingdom of Kishangarh in Rajasthan. Both sources link it to the court of Sawant Singh. Bundi, Jaipur and Kangra are different schools.

Rakshastal is the saltwater lake beside the freshwater Mansarovar. It is also called Ravana Tal. The MEA guide compares Mansarovar to the Sun and Rakshastal to the Moon.

The Ministry of External Affairs runs the yatra through Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand and Nathu La in Sikkim. In 2026 each route has ten batches of 50 pilgrims.

Followers of Bon, the old faith of Tibet, walk counterclockwise. Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims walk clockwise.

The Dolma La pass, at about 5,630 m, is the highest point of the Kora. Day two of the three-day walk crosses it. Dirapuk is a stop on day one, Darchen is the base, and Gunji lies on the Indian side.

PIB says identical recreations of the 108 Divya Desams surround the statue. The statue site also lists 108 Divya Desams.

PIB says the Prime Minister dedicated the statue on 5 February 2022, on Basant Panchami.

Sheer Khurma is a vermicelli pudding. It gives the festival the name Meethi Eid, or sweet Eid.

Eid-ul-Adha falls on the tenth day of Dhu-al-Hijjah. It marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage.

The meat is divided into three parts. One goes to the family, one to relatives and friends, and one to charity.

Eid-ul-Adha recalls Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son. The angel Jibril replaced the son with a ram.

The session met at the Red Fort in New Delhi from 8 to 13 December 2025.

Deepavali was inscribed on 10 December 2025. The decision came at the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee in New Delhi.

Salafi and Deobandi scholars call Mawlid bid’ah. Hanafi, Maliki and Shafii scholars generally permit it.

Milad was a state festival in the Qutb Shahi era. It peaked under Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah.

A naat is a poem of adoration for the Prophet. A juloos is the procession.

The first grand public Mawlid was held in Erbil in 1207. A Turkic governor organised it.