CUET General Test - General Knowledge - Culture & Literature | Free Questions - Page 3

Q1:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

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

Jhumpa Lahiri - Knife: Meditations after an Attempted Murder

Hillary Rodham Clinton - Something Lost, Something Gained : Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty

Arundhati Roy - The Architecture of Modern Empire

Amitav Ghosh - Smoke and Ashes: A writer's journey through Opium's Hidden Histories

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Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q2:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

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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:

(A), (B) and (C) only

(B), (C) and (D) only

(A), (B) and (D) only

(A), (C) and (D) only

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q3:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

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

Bipin Chandra

Amartya Sen

Romila Thapar

Charu Gupta

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q4:

2025: 29 May Shift 2

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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:

(A), (B) and (D) only

(B), (C) and (D) only

(A), (B) and (C) only

(A), (C) and (D) only

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q5:

2025: 29 May Shift 1

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

Michelle Mangorian

Margaret Mitchell

Marilynne Robinson

Maxim Gorky

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q6:

2025: 29 May Shift 1

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

Chhau

Sattriya

Garba

Bhangra

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q7:

2025: 28 May Shift 2

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

Tyagaraja

Bhadrachala Ramadasu

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Syama Sastri

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q8:

2025: 28 May Shift 2

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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:

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q9:

2025: 27 May Shift 2

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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:

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q10:

2025: 27 May Shift 2

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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:

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II)

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q11:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

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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:

(A), (B) and (C) only

(A), (B) and (D) only

(A), (C) and (D) only

(B), (C) and (D) only

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q12:

2025: 27 May Shift 1

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

Bankim Das Chatterjee

Rabindra Nath Tagore

Ashfaq Ullah Khan

Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q13:

2025: 26 May Shift 1

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

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Utopia - John Ruskin

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q14:

2025: 26 May Shift 1

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

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q15:

2025: 24 May Shift 2

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Who authored the book 'War and Peace'?

T S Eliot

Leo Tolstoy

Barak Obama

Benazir Bhutto

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q16:

2025: 23 May Shift 1

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

Maharashtra

Nagaland

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q17:

2025: 23 May Shift 1

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Who is the author of the book Modern India?

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Gyanendra Pandey

Sumit Sarkar

Ramsharan Sharma

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q18:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

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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:

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q19:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

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

Telangana

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Odisha

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q20:

2025: 22 May Shift 2

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

International Booker Prize

Screenwriters Guild of America Award

Nobel Prize for literature

Pulitzer Prize

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q21:

2025: 22 May Shift 1

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

Samaveda

Silappаdikaram

Gita Govinda

Ramcharitamanas

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q22:

2025: 22 May Shift 1

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

M.N.Srinivas

A.R.Desai

A.L.Basham

K.Damodaran

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q23:

2025: 21 May Shift 1

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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:

(A), (B), (C), (D)

(A), (D), (C), (B)

(C), (B), (A), (D)

(C), (B), (D), (A)

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q24:

2025: 21 May Shift 1

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

1943

1953

1932

1935

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q25:

2025: 20 May Shift 2

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

William Dalrymple

Romila Thapar

Harbans Mukhia

John F. Richards

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q26:

2025: 20 May Shift 1

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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:

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q27:

2025: 19 May Shift 2

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

The Western Wind

Dear Thief

The Wilderness

Orbital

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q28:

2025: 19 May Shift 2

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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:

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q29:

2025: 19 May Shift 2

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

Joseph Stiglitz

Thomas L. Friedman

Francis Fukuyama

Samuel P. Huntington

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation

Q30:

2025: 19 May Shift 1

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

Thumri

Dhrupad

Khayal

Sattriya

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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