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The author of the book Midnight's Children is:

Read the information given below carefully and answer the question that follows: (A) Bhavai is a dance form of Rajasthan (B) Jatra is a dance form of West Bengal (C) Dashavatara is a dance form of Goa (D) Karayala is a dance form of Kerala Choose the correct option:

Which of the following is not a folk dance generally associated with the State of Maharashtra?

The theme of which of the following dances is love and devotion towards Lord Vishnu and / or Lord Krishna?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | **Name of the Book** | **Author** | | (A) Coolie | (I) Jane Austen | | (B) Kankaal | (II) Margaret Mitchell | | (C) Gone with the Wind | (III) Mulk Raj Anand | | (D) Emma | (IV) Jai Shankar Prasad | Choose the **correct** answer from the options given below:

Which of the following authors is wrongly matched with their book?

Who among the following form the "Trinity of Carnatic Music"? (A) Syama Sastri (B) Muthuswami Dikshitar (C) Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (D) Thyagaraja Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who is the author of The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity?

Which of the following dance forms and their states are correctly matched? (A) Bharatnatyam - Tamil Nadu (B) Kathakali - Uttar Pradesh (C) Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh (D) Odissi - Odisha Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who among the following is the author of the book Gone with the Wind?

On 15 November 2000, the Sangeet Natak Akademi recognized which one of the following as one of the classical dance forms of India?

Which of the following is NOT a part of the 'Trinity of Carnatic Music'?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | Books | Authors | | (A) From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India | (I) Anita Inder Singh | | (B) The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India | (II) Gyanendra Pandey | | (C) The Partition of India | (III) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay | | (D) Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India | (IV) Urvashi Butalia | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Book) | (Author) | | (A) My Country, My Life | (I) Anita Desai | | (B) Diamond Dust | (II) V. S. Naipaul | | (C) Unhappy India | (III) L. K. Advani | | (D) Half a Life | (IV) Lala Lajpat Rai | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Cultural organization) | (Establishment Year) | | (A) Lalit Kala Akademi | (I) 1861 | | (B) National School of Drama | (II) 1954 | | (C) The Archaeological Survey of India | (III) 1987 | | (D) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | (IV) 1959 | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Mohiniyattam is a solo female dance form known for its rhythmic and unbroken flow of body movements. (A) The love and devotion to god Vishnu is usually the theme of this dance form. (B) This dance form belongs to the state of Andhra Pradesh. (C) Mohiniyattam has the grace and elegance of Bharatanatyam and the vigor of Kathakali. (D) The dancers attire in a beautiful white and gold bordered Kasavu sari with distinctive white jasmine flowers around a French bun at the side of her head. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

'Amar Sonar Bangla', the national anthem of present day Bangladesh was written by which of the following poets?

Which one of the following books is wrongly matched with its author?

Kuchipudi, a classical dance form, originated from which of the following states of India?

Who authored the book 'War and Peace'?

Lezim form of Dance is associated with which of the following State of India?

Who is the author of the book Modern India?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Book) | (Author) | | (A) A Bend in the River | (I) Mulk Raj Anand | | (B) A Mercy | (II) V.S. Naipaul | | (C) A Thousand Splendid Sons | (III) Tony Morrison | | (D) Coolie | (IV) Khaled Hosseini | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The origins of the famous Pochampalli Saree can be attributed to which of the following States?

Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf) received which of the following prestigious Award in 2024?

Which of the following is a Tamil poetry written by Ilango Adigal?

Identify the author of the book The Wonder that was India.

Arrange the following Nobel Prize awardees for literature in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent. (A) Annie Ernaux (B) Abdulrazak Gurnah (C) Louise Gluck (D) Jon Fosse Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

In which year was The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) founded?

Who is the author of the book 'The Mughals of India'?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Books) | (Authors) | | (A) Farewell to Arms | (I) V.S.Naipaul | | (B) A Tale of Two Cities | (II) Ernest Hemingway | | (C) A House for Mr. Biswas | (III) Arthur Miller | | (D) Death of a Salesman | (IV) Charles Dickens | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize 2024 for which one of the following books?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | Saree Name | States | | (A) Kalamkari | (I) West Bengal | | (B) Chanderi | (II) Maharashtra | | (C) Baluchari | (III) Madhya Pradesh | | (D) Paithani | (IV) Andhra Pradesh | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who among the following is the author of the book "The World is Flat"?

Which of the following is NOT a form of Hindustani music?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Books) | (Authors) | | (A) Kinship Organisation in India | (I) R. S. Sharma | | (B) Perspectives in Social and Economic History of Early India | (II) V. S. Sukthankar | | (C) On the Meaning of the Mahabharata | (III) Romila Thapar | | (D) Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History | (IV) Iravati Karve | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Books) | (Authored/Edited by) | | (A) The Other Side of Silence : Voices from the Partition of India | (I) Alok Bhalla | | (B) India's Partition: Process, Strategy and Mobilization | (II) Urvashi Butalia | | (C) Remembering Partition : Violence, Nationalism and History in India | (III) Mushirul Hasan | | (D) Stories about the Partition of India | (IV) Gyanendra Pandey | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who has been awarded with Sahitya Akademi award 2024 for Hindi?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Book) | (Author) | | (A) A Bend in the River | (I) John Milton | | (B) Areopagitica | (II) P. B. Shelley | | (C) A Suitable Girl | (III) V. S. Naipaul | | (D) Adonis | (IV) Vikram Seth | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Khayal is a _______

Who among the following is the author of The Great Indian Novel?

Natyashastra, the earliest treatise on performing arts in Sanskrit, was written by who among the following?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Books) | (Authors) | | (A) The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World | (i) Han Kang | | (B) Man-eaters of Kumaon | (II) William Dalrymple | | (C) Mother | (III) Maxim Gorky | | (D) The Vegetarian | (IV) Jim Corbett | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following books are correctly matched with their authors? (A) Humayun Nama - Gulbadan Begum (B) Akbar Nama - Abul Fazl (C) Badshah Nama - Abdul Hamid Lahori (D) Alamgir Nama - Muhammad Waris Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following dance forms of India is wrongly matched with the state of its origination?

Which of the following authors is wrongly matched with their books?

Put the following Ramon Magsaysay awardees in chronological order of receiving awards? $$\newline$$ (A) Tadashi Hattori $\newline$ (B) Miriam Coronel Ferrer $\newline$ (C) Firdausi Qadri $\newline$ (D) Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong $$\newline$$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

MAtch List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Books | Authors | | --- | --- | | (A) Material Culture and Social Formation in Early India | (I) D.N. Jha | | (B) Inscriptions of Ashoka | (II) D.C. Sircar | | (C) Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas | (III) R.S. Sharma | | (D) Early India: A Concise History | (IV) Romila Thapar | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who is the author of 'The City and its Uncertain Walls'?

Which of the following musicians belong to Carnatic music? $$\newline$$ (A) Girija Devi $\newline$ (B) Thyagaraja $\newline$ (C) M.S.Subbulaxmi $\newline$ (D) Muthuswami Dikshitar $$\newline$$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Annual Festival of Letters $2025$ of Sahitya Akademi was held between:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | Author | Novel/Play | | (A) William Shakespeare | (I) Man of Destiny | | (B) Lewis Carroll | (II) The Tempest | | (C) E M Forster | (III) Through the Looking Glass | | (D) Bernard Shaw | (IV) A Passage to India | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The first Tirthankara in Jainism is believed to be......

Sri Ranganathswamy Temple which is situated in Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to which deity ?

Ancient Indian Smriti texts do not include :

The tomb of famous musician 'Tansen' is located at :

Which film won the 'Film of the Year' category award in the recent Dada Saheb Phalke National Film Festival Award 2022 ?

Who won the 2022 'Jnanpith Award'

Which country of the world won the FIFA world cup maximum number of times ?

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I (Important Days) | List - II (Date) | |---|---| | (1) National Youth Day | (I) 28th February | | (2) Army Day | (II) 12th January | | (3) National Science Day | (III) 15th March | | (4) National Safety Day | (IV) 4th March | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following was the mascot of the third edition of Khelo India University Games 2023?

The National Sports Day in India is celebrated in the memory of whom?

'An Area of Darkness' book is written by __________?

_____________ book is written by Khuswant Singh.

Who is the winner of French Open 2021 men's single tittle:

The original name of Swami Vivekananda was _________.

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Instruments) (A) Guitar (B) Flute (C) Shehnai (D) Violin List - II (Artists) (I) Dr. Smt. N. Rajan (II) BishMillah Khan (III) Hari Prasad Chaurasia (IV) Brij Bhushan Kabra Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Bamboo dance is an important folk dance of which state ?

Pluto was the famous author of Book _________.

Who won the Men's single title of Wimbledon 2022 ?

The youngest Noble Laureates of the world is _______?

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | |----------|-----------| | (A) Tourism Day | (I) 13th February | | (B) World Radio Day | (II) 1st May | | (C) International Labour Day | (III) 25th January | | (D) National Technological Day | (IV) 11th May | Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

The greatest football player 'Pele' belongs to

Who wrote the famous novel "The Guide"?

According to their celebrating months, arrange the following festivals in ascending order in calendar: (1) Bihu (2) Pongal (3) Holi (4) Christmas (5) Onam Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Is the famous folk dance in Maharashtra.

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I (Writer) | List - II (Book) | | --- | --- | | (A) Plato | (I) Panchatantra | | (B) Leo Tolstoy | (II) War and Peace | | (C) Pt. Vishnu Sharma | (III) The Life Divine | | (D) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh | (IV) Republic | Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

The Author of the book 'A Brief History of Time' is _________.

Who is the author of Book called "Ignited Minds" ?

Who won US Open Tennis 2021, in mens doubles ?

Raja Ravi Verma is known for fusion of European techniques with purely Indian sensibility in paintings, which of the following are his famous paintings ? (A) Shakuntala (B) Woman holding a fruit (C) Stolen interview (D) There comes papa (E) Days of Glory Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Who among the following won the best actress award in the 69th National Films award?

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | | --- | --- | | (1) Bharatnatyam | (I) Sonal Mansingh | | (2) Kathak | (II) Lakshmi Narayan Shastri | | (3) Odissi | (III) Krishna Iyer | | (4) Kuchipudi | (IV) Sitara Devi | Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Consider the following pairs: (A) International Women's Day - 08 March (B) World Earth Day - 22 March (C) International Labour Day - 01 May (D) International Yoga Day - 21 May (E) World Health Day - 07 April Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which of the following players didn't receive Medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020?

The only Indian who received noble prize in literature is.

Match List I with List II | LIST I (Books) | LIST II (Authors) | |---|---| | A. India wins freedom | I. R K Narayan | | B. The guide | II. Mahatma Gandhi | | C. India from midnight to Millenium | III. Abdul Kalam Azad | | D. Conquest of self | IV. Shashi Tharoor | Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

which book is Written by Dr.S.Radha Krishnan ?

Actress and Model "Harnaaz Sandhu" was crowned as _________ in Dec 2021.

'Neeraj Chopra' is associated with which sports event?

Who is known as 'Nightingle of India' ?

First Cricketer to get Padma Bhushan is:

Who has authored of the book "Earthspinner" ?

Who has won the gold medal in the "P1 Men's 10 m Air Pistol SH1" final at the 2020 summer panlympics?

Winners of the 17th annual kid International Children's peace prize 2021 are: A. Vihan Agarwal B. Nav Agarwal C. Ruchita Agarwal D. Navya Mehra Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Among the following woman based on their ranking as per : A. Nita Ambani B. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw C. Nirmala Sitharaman D. Soumya Swaminathan E. Suchitra Ella Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

The 52nd edition of the International film festival of India concluded in :

Jason Mott won the 2021 National Book Award for his book :

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I (Musician) | List - II (Instrument) | | --- | --- | | (a) Pt. Shivkumar Sharma | (i) Sitar | | (b) Pt. Ravi Shankar | (ii) Santoor | | (c) M.S. Gopalakrishnan | (iii) Flute | | (d) Hari Prasad Chaurasia | (iv) Violin | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match list-I with list-II | | List-I (Noble Prize winners) | | List-II (Areas) | |---|---|---|---| | a. | Abhijeet Banerjee | i. | Peace | | b. | Kailash Satyarthi | ii. | Literature | | c. | CV Raman | iii. | Economics | | d. | Rabindranath Tagore | iv. | Physics | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which among the following are considered as Vedangas? (a) Kalp (b) Ayurveda (c) Vyakaran (d) Manu Smriti (e) Jyotish Choose the correct answer from the option given below.

Match list-I with list-II | | List-I (Author) | | List-II (Book) | |---|---|---|---| | a. | Smriti Zubin Irani | i. | India vs UK; The story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win | | b. | Dr. Shankar Acharya | ii. | An Economist at Home and Abroad: A Personal Journey | | c. | Syed Akbaruddin | iii. | Lal Salaam: A Novel | | d. | Brijinder Nath Goswamy | iv. | Conversations: India's Leading Art Historian Engages with 101 themes, and more | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match list-I with list-II | | List-I | | List-II | |---|---|---|---| | a. | World Lion Day | i. | 26 August | | b. | World Elephant Day | ii. | 10 August | | c. | World Mosquito Day | iii. | 12 August | | d. | World Dog Day | iv. | 20 August | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development for improving learning outcomes in schools at scale has given to (a) Eric A. Hanushek (b) Angeline Murimirwa (c) Lucky Lake (d) Dr. Rukmini Banerji Choose the correct answer from the option given below.

Which actor (Drama) won the Best actor award of 'Golden Globe Award's 2022;

Arrange the IPL winners teams in a sequence of number of items they won (from maximum to minimum or zero) A. Kolkata Knight Riders B. Mumbai Indians C. Rajasthan Royals D. Chennai Super kings E. Delhi Daredevils Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

'Address Book: A Publishing Memoir in the time of COVID' is authored by :

"Writing With Fire" is a famous __________

Match List I with List II: | List I | List II | | --- | --- | | A. World Mental Health Day | I. 11 October | | B. International Day of the Girl Child | II. 24 October | | C. World Student's Day | III. 10 October | | D. World Polio Day | IV. 15 October | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who got the Major Dhayan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 for his excellent performance in cricket?

UNESCO has added this festival to its 2021 list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The theme of 'Shikshak' Parv-2021 was:

Match List-I with List-II | | List-I | | List-II | |---|---|---|---| | a. | Saina Nehwal | I. | Boxing | | b. | Mary Kom | II. | Wrestling | | c. | Mithali Raj | III. | Badminton | | d. | Geeta Phogat | IV. | Cricket | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which team has won the men's cricket world cup most number of times?

Match the List-I with List-II | | List-I | | List-II | |---|---|---|---| | a. | Amartya Sen | I. | Dreams from My Father | | b. | Amrita Pritam | II. | The Argumentative Indian | | c. | Aung San Suu Kyi | III. | Death of a city | | d. | Barack Obama | IV. | Freedom from Fear | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Indian Army organized "Bijoya Sanskritik Mahotsav" from 26 to 29 September 2021 in

The International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on

International Literacy Day is observed globally on ________ every year.

Who created history as she became the first Indian woman finalist at the World Wrestling Championship 2021 and also the first female player from India to claim a silver medal?

There are three words given which have something in common among themselves. Out of the four alternatives, choose the most appropriate description about these words. Prakrit : Pali : Sanskrit

Match List-I with List-II. | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (a) Avesta | (I) Jew | | (b) Torah | (II) Muslim | | (c) Tripitaka | (III) Parsi | | (d) Kuran | (IV) Buddhist | Choose the correct answer from the options given below: