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1. Which Gharana of Kalamkari is done entirely with the help of a brush, typically a pen, and is used to depict religious tales?
a. Machilipatnam
b. Banaganapelle
c. Warangal
d. Srilakahasthi
2. Which Indian folk dance form that originated in Telangana is called the 'dance of the warriors'?
a. Perini Siva Thandavam
b. Oggu Katha
c. Chindu Bagavatham
d. Gusadi
3. Who among these is fondly called the 'Father of the Karnataka Classical Music'?
a. Thyagaraja
b. Muthuswamy Dikshitar
c. Purandaradasa
d. Vyasa
4. Who was responsible for devising the musical scale by which all the rules of the Carnatic school are based?
a. Vyasa
b. Purandaradasa
c. Muthuswamy Dishitar
d. Thyagaraja
5. Tiatr and Jagor are folk dramas that are associated with which Indian state?
a. Goa
b. Manipur
c. Rajasthan
d. Haryana
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Answers
1. Which Gharana of Kalamkari is done entirely with the help of a brush, typically a pen, and is used to depict religious tales?
a. Machilipatnam
b. Banaganapelle
c. Warangal
d. Srilakahasthi
Did You Know?
The other Gharana, the Machilipatnam Kalamkari, uses block prints to make printed fabrics.
Read more about it in this link.
2. Which Indian folk dance form that originated in Telangana is called the 'dance of the warriors'?
a. Perini Siva Thandavam
b. Oggu Katha
c. Chindu Bagavatham
d. Gusadi
Did You Know?
The evolution of the dance form is credited with the Kakatiya Dynasty which ruled over the Telangana region between the 11th and 14th century AD.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Who among these is fondly called the 'Father of the Karnataka Classical Music'?
a. Thyagaraja
b. Muthuswamy Dikshitar
c. Purandaradasa
d. Vyasa
Did You Know?
Saint Purandaradasa was a poet, social reformer, and a great composer, who was also a great literary figure of the Bhakti movement.
Read more about it in this link.
4. Who was responsible for devising the musical scale by which all the rules of the Carnatic school are based?
a. Vyasa
b. Purandaradasa
c. Muthuswamy Dishitar
d. Thyagaraja
Did You Know?
Purandaradasa is credited with the creation of 75000 compositions, although only a few hundred survive today.
Read more about it in this link.
5. Tiatr and Jagor are folk dramas that are associated with which Indian state?
a. Goa
b. Manipur
c. Rajasthan
d. Haryana
Did You Know?
The stories that these folk dramas narrate are mostly from Ramayana and Mahabharatha. With changing times, these folk dramas now includes social issues as well.
Read more about it in this link.
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