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.
Sonal Mansingh is a famous exponent of which classical dance?
A. KathakB. OdissiC. KathakaliD. SattriyamediumAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q2.
'The Unforgettables', a famous collection of semi-classical ghazals, was released by which artist?
A. Jagjit SinghB. Talat AzizC. Pankaj UdhasD. Anup JalotamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
Jhelum Paranjape is a classical dancer of which dance form?
A. KathakB. OdissiC. MohiniyattamD. KuchipudimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q4.
Guru Amubi Singh and Phanjoubam Iboton Singh were exponents of which dance form?
A. ManipuriB. KathakaliC. OdissiD. SattriyamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
Shambhu Maharaj was a renowned guru of which gharana of Kathak?
A. Banaras gharanaB. Raigarh gharanaC. Lucknow gharanaD. Jaipur gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
Bharati Shivaji and Kanak Rele are exponents of which dance form?
A. OdissiB. MohiniyattamC. KathakD. ManipurimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
Mrinalini Sarabhai, founder of the Darpana Academy, was an exponent of which dance forms?
A. Kuchipudi and MohiniyattamB. Kathak and OdissiC. Manipuri and SattriyaD. Bharatanatyam and KathakalimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Kathak dancer Sitara Devi was described as 'Nritya Samragni' (Empress of Dance) by:
A. Jawaharlal NehruB. Mahatma GandhiC. Rabindranath TagoreD. Sarojini NaidumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
Deba Prasad Das, Pankaj Charan Das and Gangadhar Pradhan are associated with which dance?
A. OdissiB. KathakC. ManipuriD. KathakalimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
Bhanu Ji is associated with which gharana of Kathak?
A. Lucknow gharanaB. Jaipur gharanaC. Banaras gharanaD. Raigarh gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
The poet Vallathol Narayana Menon and Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma revived and rejuvenated which dance form?
A. KuchipudiB. OdissiC. BharatanatyamD. MohiniyattammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
Roshan Kumari and Shovana Narayan are well-known artists of which dance form?
A. BharatanatyamB. OdissiC. KathakD. KuchipudimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
Jatin Goswami is a renowned exponent of which classical dance?
A. SattriyaB. OdissiC. KathakD. ManipurimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
Darshana Jhaveri and Devjani Chaliha are renowned for which dance form?
A. MohiniyattamB. KathakC. ManipuriD. BharatanatyammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
E. Krishna Iyer is associated with the revival of which classical dance?
A. KathakaliB. KathakC. ManipuriD. BharatanatyammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
Guru Kunchu Kurup is related to which dance form?
A. KathakaliB. KuchipudiC. SattriyaD. OdissimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q17.
Who is known as the 'Shakespeare of Bhojpuri'?
A. Ramdhari Singh DinkarB. Phanishwar Nath RenuC. VidyapatiD. Bhikhari ThakurmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q18.
Guru Mayadhar Raut is a renowned exponent of which dance form?
A. OdissiB. BharatanatyamC. KathakaliD. KuchipudimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q19.
Padma Shri awardee Satyaram Reang, a Hojagiri dancer, belongs to which state?
A. TripuraB. ManipurC. AssamD. MizorammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q20.
T. Balasaraswati, who received the Sangita Kalanidhi from the Madras Music Academy in 1973, was an exponent of:
A. KathakaliB. KuchipudiC. BharatanatyamD. MohiniyattammediumAsked in SSCView solution ›