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.
- Q61.
Kottakkal Sivaraman was a famous artist of which art form?
A. KoodiyattamB. MohiniyattamC. KathakaliD. TheyyammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q62.
Sruti Bandopadhyay is a well-known exponent of which dance?
A. KuchipudiB. KathakaliC. ManipuriD. OdissimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q63.
The Tanjore Quartet (Chinnaiah, Ponnaiah, Sivanandam and Vadivelu) are remembered for shaping which dance?
A. BharatanatyamB. YakshaganaC. MohiniyattamD. OdissimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q64.
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 › - Q65.
Which dancer held the honour of 'Asthana Nartaki' (resident dancer) of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams?
A. Yamini KrishnamurthyB. Sonal MansinghC. VyjayanthimalaD. Padma SubrahmanyamhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q66.
Rajarshi Bhagyachandra, the Manipuri king who created the Raas Leela, is also known as:
A. Gambhir SinghB. Ningthou Ching-Thang KhombaC. KulachandraD. Garib NiwazhardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q67.
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 › - Q68.
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 › - Q69.
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 › - Q70.
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 › - Q71.
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 › - Q72.
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 › - Q73.
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 › - Q74.
Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award?
A. Ashapoorna DeviB. G. Sankara KurupC. Sumitranandan PantD. Tarashankar BandyopadhyayeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q75.
Who became the first woman President of the Astronomical Society of India?
A. Annapurni SubramaniamB. G. C. AnupamaC. Tessy ThomasD. Kalpana ChawlahardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q76.
The first Indian sound film (talkie), released in 1931, was:
A. Raja HarishchandraB. Alam AraC. KalidasD. Kisan KanyaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q77.
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 › - Q78.
The folk drama 'Therukoothu' belongs to:
A. KarnatakaB. Tamil NaduC. KeralaD. Andhra PradesheasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q79.
The Salar Jung Museum is situated in:
A. BhopalB. HyderabadC. LucknowD. KolkataeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q80.
'Swang' is a traditional theatre art form of:
A. AssamB. HaryanaC. GujaratD. MaharashtramediumAsked in PoliceView solution ›