Art & Culture Personalities Questions with Solutions
This topic covers the people behind India's art and culture: classical and folk dancers, vocalists and instrumentalists, painters, sculptors, theatre and film personalities, and the gurus who founded or revived art forms. Questions also cover the art form each person is known for and the honours they have received. Exams typically name a person and ask for their art form, or name an art form and ask who popularised it. Recent Padma award winners from the arts appear often, so link each name to the field and state the award was given for. Since award lists change every year, always revise from the latest official list rather than relying on older notes. Practise the art and culture personalities questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
Teejan Bai, an exponent of Pandwani, a traditional storytelling art form, belongs to which state?
A. ChhattisgarhB. OdishaC. Madhya PradeshD. JharkhandeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q2.
Who founded the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai?
A. Rukmini Devi ArundaleB. Mrinalini SarabhaiC. Kumudini LakhiaD. Yamini KrishnamurthyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
Alarmel Valli, known for the Pandanallur style, is an exponent of which dance form?
A. BharatanatyamB. ManipuriC. KathakD. KuchipudieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q4.
Who applied European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance and is known as the father of modern Indian dance?
A. Uday ShankarB. Kelucharan MohapatraC. Guru Bipin SinghD. Vallathol Narayana MenoneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
Kumudini Lakhia, founder of the Kadamb centre in Ahmedabad, is renowned for which dance form?
A. BharatanatyamB. KathakaliC. OdissiD. KathakeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
The Indian singer Jagjit Singh is popularly known as the:
A. King of MelodyB. Bhajan SamratC. Ghazal KingD. Sufi SultaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
The music director Rahul Dev Burman was popularly known as:
A. Pancham DaB. Dada MuniC. Bappi DaD. Kishore DaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Lachhu Maharaj, a dancer and film choreographer, is related to which dance form?
A. KuchipudiB. OdissiC. KathakD. BharatanatyameasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
Vyjayanthimala, the film actress and politician, was an exponent of which dance form?
A. OdissiB. MohiniyattamC. BharatanatyamD. KathakeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
Sujata Mohapatra and Madhavi Mudgal are renowned for which dance form?
A. KuchipudiB. SattriyaC. KathakaliD. OdissieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, a Padma Bhushan awardee, was associated with which dance form?
A. KuchipudiB. BharatanatyamC. KathakaliD. OdissieasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q12.
Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy are famous proponents of which dance form?
A. OdissiB. MohiniyattamC. KathakD. KuchipudieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
Shobha Naidu is an exponent of which classical dance?
A. KathakB. ManipuriC. OdissiD. KuchipudieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
Guru Bipin Singh, often called the father of modern Manipuri dance, was renowned for which dance?
A. Kathak danceB. Manipuri danceC. Odissi danceD. Sattriya danceeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
Surekha Punekar is a well-known performer of which dance form?
A. GhoomarB. BihuC. GarbaD. LavanieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
Gulabo Sapera from Rajasthan is a famous performer of which dance?
A. ChariB. KalbeliaC. GhoomarD. BhavaieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q17.
Sudha Chandran, an actress who continued to dance with an artificial leg, is a dancer of:
A. BharatanatyamB. OdissiC. KathakaliD. KathakeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q18.
The renowned artist M. F. Husain often expressed a free spirit in his paintings through images of:
A. PeacocksB. Lotus flowersC. The bindu (dot)D. HorseseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q19.
Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World beauty pageant (1966)?
A. Reita FariaB. Sushmita SenC. Aishwarya RaiD. Zeenat AmaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q20.
Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award?
A. Ashapoorna DeviB. G. Sankara KurupC. Sumitranandan PantD. Tarashankar BandyopadhyayeasyAsked in RailwayView solution ›