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.
Gunakanta Dutta Borbayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to which dance form?
A. ManipuriB. KathakC. OdissiD. SattriyahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q2.
Charu Sija Mathur is a name that is synonymous with which dance form?
A. OdissiB. KuchipudiC. ManipuriD. KathakhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
Sonal Mansingh is a famous exponent of which classical dance?
A. KathakB. OdissiC. KathakaliD. SattriyamediumAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q4.
'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 › - Q5.
Teejan Bai, an exponent of Pandwani, a traditional storytelling art form, belongs to which state?
A. ChhattisgarhB. OdishaC. Madhya PradeshD. JharkhandeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
Who founded the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai?
A. Rukmini Devi ArundaleB. Mrinalini SarabhaiC. Kumudini LakhiaD. Yamini KrishnamurthyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
Jhelum Paranjape is a classical dancer of which dance form?
A. KathakB. OdissiC. MohiniyattamD. KuchipudimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Alarmel Valli, known for the Pandanallur style, is an exponent of which dance form?
A. BharatanatyamB. ManipuriC. KathakD. KuchipudieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
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 › - Q10.
Kumudini Lakhia, founder of the Kadamb centre in Ahmedabad, is renowned for which dance form?
A. BharatanatyamB. KathakaliC. OdissiD. KathakeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
Guru Amubi Singh and Phanjoubam Iboton Singh were exponents of which dance form?
A. ManipuriB. KathakaliC. OdissiD. SattriyamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
The Indian singer Jagjit Singh is popularly known as the:
A. King of MelodyB. Bhajan SamratC. Ghazal KingD. Sufi SultaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
Shambhu Maharaj was a renowned guru of which gharana of Kathak?
A. Banaras gharanaB. Raigarh gharanaC. Lucknow gharanaD. Jaipur gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
The music director Rahul Dev Burman was popularly known as:
A. Pancham DaB. Dada MuniC. Bappi DaD. Kishore DaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
Bharati Shivaji and Kanak Rele are exponents of which dance form?
A. OdissiB. MohiniyattamC. KathakD. ManipurimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
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 › - Q17.
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 › - Q18.
Lachhu Maharaj, a dancer and film choreographer, is related to which dance form?
A. KuchipudiB. OdissiC. KathakD. BharatanatyameasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q19.
Deba Prasad Das, Pankaj Charan Das and Gangadhar Pradhan are associated with which dance?
A. OdissiB. KathakC. ManipuriD. KathakalimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q20.
Bhanu Ji is associated with which gharana of Kathak?
A. Lucknow gharanaB. Jaipur gharanaC. Banaras gharanaD. Raigarh gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution ›