General Awareness is the most important and vast section to cover in any examination perspective but to get command over this section is not a tough job. You have to explore more in your surrounding and just more update yourself. Most important thing Friends, you can practice General Awareness questions on a daily basis so that you can make great command over this section.
Q1. Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was a maestro of which of the following dance forms?
(a) Kathak
(b) Odissi
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Bharatnatyam
Q2. Match the artists and their art form.
Artist
A. Sanjukta Panigrahi
B. M. Gopala Krishna Iyer
C. Pt. Ravi Shankar
D. Palghat Mani Iyer
Artform
1. Sitar
2. Mridangam
3. Violin
4. Odissi dance
(a) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
(b) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
(c) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
(d) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
Q3. Which was the first talkie feature film of India?
(a) Raja Harischandra
(b) Alam Ara
(c) Duniya na Mane
(d) Aadami
Q4. Yamini Krishnamurthy is famous for which style of dancing?
(a) Manipuri
(b) Garba
(c) Bharatanatyam
(d) Kathak
Q5. Who amongst the following is renowned in Hindustani Classical Music (vocal)?
(a) Shovana Narayan
(b) M. S. Subbalakshmi
(c) Pt. Jasraj
(d) M. S. Gopalakrishnan
Q6. Which of the following places is well-known for the embroidery form of “Chikankari”?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Jaipur
(c) Bhopal
(d) Lucknow
Q7. Match the following:
Folk form
A. Heer song
B. Bhatiali song
C. Garba dance
D. Raas dance
States were popular
1. Bengal
2. Punjab
3. U.P.
4. Gujarat
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(b) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
(c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
(d) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
Q8. 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
Q9. Which is the most ancient musical instrument of India?
(a) Flute
(b) Tabla
(c) Veena
(d) Sitar
Q10. Who out of the following was not a great master of Carnatic music?
(a) Swathi Thirunaal
(b) Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
(c) Muthuswami Dikshitar
(d) Shyama Shastri
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(d)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(c)
S10. Ans.(b)
