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.
- Q41.
The Tanjore Quartet (Chinnaiah, Ponnaiah, Sivanandam and Vadivelu) are remembered for shaping which dance?
A. BharatanatyamB. YakshaganaC. MohiniyattamD. OdissimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q42.
Kalashram, a school of dance and fine arts in New Delhi, was started by:
A. Kumudini LakhiaB. Pandit Birju MaharajC. Rukmini Devi ArundaleD. Mrinalini SarabhaimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q43.
The actress Sudha Chandran, who continued dancing after losing a leg, is an accomplished dancer of which form?
A. OdissiB. KathakC. BharatanatyamD. KuchipudimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q44.
The Kuchipudi Art Academy in Madras (now Chennai) was founded in 1963 by:
A. Yamini KrishnamurthyB. Raja ReddyC. Vedantam Satyanarayana SarmaD. Vempati Chinna SatyammediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q45.
Who was the architect of the Belgian Embassy building in New Delhi?
A. Charles CorreaB. Satish GujralC. B. V. DoshiD. Laurie BakermediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q46.
The first Indian film to win the top prize (now the Palme d'Or) at the Cannes Film Festival was:
A. Pather PanchaliB. Neecha NagarC. Do Bigha ZaminD. Mother IndiamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q47.
Which Indian social worker received the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1988?
A. Sunderlal BahugunaB. Kailash SatyarthiC. Baba AmteD. Medha PatkarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q48.
Who was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival?
A. MadhubalaB. Smita PatilC. Suchitra SenD. Nargis DuttmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q49.
'Swang' is a traditional theatre art form of:
A. AssamB. HaryanaC. GujaratD. MaharashtramediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q50.
The Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, designed on the theme of the nine planets (navagraha), was designed by:
A. Laurie BakerB. B. V. DoshiC. Le CorbusierD. Charles CorreamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q51.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi was inaugurated by the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, on:
A. 28 January 1953B. 26 January 1950C. 12 March 1954D. 5 August 1954mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q52.
The National Archives of India was established (as the Imperial Record Department) in:
A. 1947B. 1891C. 1911D. 1861mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q53.
Which museum in India portrays human and cultural evolution, with special focus on India?
A. Salar Jung MuseumB. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav SangrahalayaC. Prince of Wales MuseumD. National Rail MuseummediumAsked in RailwayView solution ›