General Knowledge GK Questions and their Answers on Art and Culture
General Knowledge GK Questions and their Answers Mock Test for various Competitive Examinations State level and Central level Exam on the topic of Art and Culture
1Q. Who was the author of Satyarth Prakash?
A) Swami Shraddhanand
B) Maharshi D. K. Karve
C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D) Pt. Shri Ram Sharma, Acharya
Answer : C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2Q. In 2019 which Indian short film won the Oscar?
A) Period-End of Sentence
B) Piper
C) Kamera
D) India's Daughters
Answer : A) Period-End of Sentence
3Q. Where is the fair of Jalbihari organized?
A) Chhatarpur
B) Sidhi
C) Hoshangabad
D) Sivni
Answer : A) Chhatarpur
4Q. Who amongst the following painters was born in 1922 in Madhya Pradesh, but lived and worked in France since 1950 and died in New Delhi in 2016?
A) Syed Haider Raza
B) M. F. Hussain
C) Raja Rao
D) N.S. Bendre
Answer : A) Syed Haider Raza
5Q. The book Venushilpa by Chitracharya Upendra Maharathi relates to which of the following form of arts?
A) Jewellery
B) Painting
C) Bamboo art
D) Marble carving
Answer : C) Bamboo art
6Q. Kumbh Mela on the banks of which river is situated in Nashik?
A) Ganga
B) Sutlej
C) Mahanadi
D) Godavari
Answer : D) Godavari
7Q. Where is the elephant festival celebrated annually?
A) Jaipur
B) Sriganganagar
C) Jodhpur
D) Ajmer
Answer : A) Jaipur
8Q. Madharasas are the schools of
A) Jain
B) Hindus
C) Muslims
D) Christians
Answer : C) Muslims
9Q. Shore temple is located at
A) Calicut
B) Sanapur
C) Patna
D) Mahabalipuram
Answer : D) Mahabalipuram
10Q. The highest peak in South India is
A) Everest
B) Doddabetta
C) Nilgiri hills
D) Anaimudi
Answer : D) Anaimudi
11Q. What is the number of letters in Sanskrit Alphabet?
A) 36
B) 48
C) 54
D) 60
Answer : C) 54
12Q. What was the earlier name of music director A.R. Rehman?
A) Dev Kumar
B) Raj Kumarwrong
C) Dileep Kumar
D) Manoj Kumar
Answer : C) Dileep Kumar
13Q. Who is the voice behind the audio book "Wings of Fire" written by former President APJ Abdul Kalam?
A) Om Puri
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Girish Karnad
D) Harish Bhimani
Answer : C) Girish Karnad
14Q. The technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster is known as -
A) Fresco
B) Gouache
C) Tempera
D) Cubism
Answer : A) Fresco
15Q. Ramkinker Baij was a well known
A) dancer
B) theatre personality
C) violinist
D) sculptor
Answer : D) sculptor
16Q. Which place is famous for embroidered handkerchief?
A) Salem
B) Gadwal
C) Tangaliya
D) Chamba
Answer : D) Chamba
17Q. The song Ekla Chalo Re (Walk alone) was written by –
A) Subhash Chandra Bose
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer : C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
18Q. Indian Council for Cultural Relations was founded by –
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Rajagopalachari
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer : C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
19Q. Who of the following is/was not a painter?
A) Tyeb Mehta
B) Ramkinkar Baiz
C) Syed Haider Raza
D) Jamini Roy
Answer : B) Ramkinkar Baiz
20Q. In which field of Art did Jamini Roy make his name?
A) Sculpture
B) Music
C) Painting
D) Drama
Answer : C) Painting
21Q. With which form of performing art is Teejan Bai associated?
A) Burra Katha
B) Pandavani
C) Lavani
D) Nautanki
Answer : B) Pandavani
22Q. Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a state?
A) Tyagaraja
B) Shyama Shastri
C) Muthuswami Dikshitar
D) Swathi Tirunal Rama Varma
Answer : D) Swathi Tirunal Rama Varma
23Q. Who wrote the lyrics of the song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo?
A) Manoj Kumar
B) Pradeep
C) Shailendra
D) Raghupati Sahay ‘Firaq’
Answer : B) Pradeep
24Q. Raghu Rai is a well-known –
A) Painter
B) Film Director
C) Photographer
D) Sportsperson
Answer : C) Photographer
25Q. 'Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ festival is a festival of which the communities in North Eastern India?
A) Tai-Ahom
B) Deori Tribe
C) Garo
D) Khasi
Answer : A) Tai-Ahom
26Q. Who brought the famous Persian painter named Khwaja Abdus Samad to India?
A) Humayun
B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
C) Akbar
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer : A) Humayun
27Q. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
A) Shiva
B) Brahma
C) Vishnu
D) Ram
Answer : A) Shiva
28Q. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?
A) Abul Fazl
B) Abu Nasr Utbi
C) Amir Khusro
D) Firdausi
Answer : B) Abu Nasr Utbi
29Q. Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary award of which among the following Government?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : A) Kerala
30Q. In which of the following city Elephant festival is celebrated annually?
A) Jaipur
B) Jodhpur
C) Kota
D)Ajmer
Answer : A) Jaipur
31Q. The famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated in which of the following States of India?
A) Mizoram
B) Nagaland
C) Assam
D) Meghalaya
Answer : B) Nagaland
32Q. The Sangai Festival is celebrated in?
A) Assam
B) Manipur
C) Mizoram
D) Nagaland
Answer : B) Manipur
33Q. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?
A) Aurangzeb
B) Akbar
C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer : C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
34Q. The prevalent term for Alpana, a folk art of Uttarakhand, is?
A) Aipan
B) Rangoli
C) Thapa
D) Jyunti
Answer : A) Aipan
35Q. The song Ekla Chalo Re (Walk alone) was written by
A) Subhash Chandra Bose
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Aurobindo Ghosh
D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Answer : D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
36Q. Raja Harishchandra, an early Indian film was produced by
A) Dada Saheb Phalke
B) Ashok Kumar
C) Ardeshir Irani
D) Gurudatt
Answer : A) Dada Saheb Phalke
37Q. Who was the writer of the book The story of the Integration of Indian States?
A) B N Rau
B) C Rajgopalachari
C) Krishna Menon
D) V P Menon
Answer : D) V P Menon
38Q. Which among the following sub-school of Vedanta is followed by ISCON?
A) Shuddhadvaita
B) Achintya Bhedabheda
C) Purnadvaita or Integral Advaita
D) Modern Vedanta
Answer : B) Achintya Bhedabheda
39Q. Among the following, who was not a proponent of Bhakti cult?
A) Nagarjuna
B) Tukaram
C) Tyagaraja
D) Vallabhacharya
Answer : A) Nagarjuna
40Q. What is the title of the first chapter of the Muslim holy book, the Quran?
A) Al-Adiyat
B) Al-Fatiha
C) Al-Hijr
D) Al-Fath
Answer : B) Al-Fatiha
41Q. Which one of the following publishers founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust to give the Jnanpith award to Indian writers?
A) The Times of India Group
B) The Hindustan Times Group
C) The Hindu Group
D) The Indian Express Group
Answer : A) The Times of India Group
42Q. The movie The Man Who knew infinity is a biopic based on the life of which Indian mathematician?
A) Aryabhatta
B) Srinivasa Ramanujan
C) C Radhakrishna Rao
D) K S Chandrasekharan
Answer : B) Srinivasa Ramanujan
43Q. Which of the following is known as Seven Pagodas?
A) Karle Caves
B) Mahabalipuram Temple
C) Elephant Caves
D) Chaityas
Answer : B) Mahabalipuram Temple
44Q. What is the earlier name of “Leh Singhe-Khababs Festival”?
A) Ladakh Festival
B) Leh Darshan
C) Sindhu Darshan
D) Sindhu Festival
Answer : C) Sindhu Darshan
45Q. Which among the following is the popular dance form of Maharashtra's musical theatre ?
A) Lavini
B) Nautanki
C) Tamasha
D) Gatha
Answer : A) Lavini
46Q. In which of the gollowing we find difference in the sounds made by sitar and veena ?
A) pitch
B) quality
C) Both and
D) None of these
Answer : B) quality
47Q. In which of the following dialects Kabir wrote ?
A) Avadhi
B) Bhojpuri
C) Brijbhasa
D) Maithili
Answer : A) Avadhi
48Q. What is "Vishva Mohini"?
A) Name for India's Beauty Queen
B) The title given to Lata Mangeshkar for her contribution to music
C) An Indian ship
D) A famous book on Indian dances
Answer : B) The title given to Lata Mangeshkar for her contribution to music
49Q. Who amongst the following is renowned in the field of painting?
A) Parveen Sultana
B) Prof. T.N. Krishnan
C) Ram Kinkar
D) Raja Ravi Varma
Answer : D) Raja Ravi Varma
50Q. Who amongst the following is renowned in Hindustani classical music?
A) Shovana Narayan
B) M. S. Subbulaksmi
C) Pt. Jasraj
D) M. S. Gopalakrishnan
Answer : B) M. S. Subbulaksmi
