GA4: AWARDS AND CULTURE a) President of India

b) Prime Minister of India

1. Which prestigious award in India is presented annually for excellence in the field of c) Ministry of Culture
cinema? d) Ministry of Home Affairs
a) Bharat Ratna
b) Padma Bhushan 6. The National Film Awards are organized by which institution in India?
c) National Film Awards a) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
d) Sahitya Akademi Award b) Ministry of Culture
c) Indian Film Institute
2. The Sahitya Akademi Award is given for outstanding contribution to which area of d) National Film Development Corporation
Indian culture?
a) Music 7. The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award is given for outstanding contribution in which
b) Literature field of Indian culture?
c) Dance a) Music
d) Film b) Dance
c) Drama
3. Which Indian literary award is given for exceptional works in Indian literature and is d) All of the above
named after a renowned Indian poet?
a) Jnanpith Award 8. The Arjuna Award is given in India to recognize outstanding achievement in which
b) Saraswati Samman field?
c) Sahitya Akademi Award a) Literature
d) Vyas Samman b) Sports
c) Science
4. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given in India for outstanding contribution to which d) Education
field?
a) Literature 9. Which Indian state government organizes the Vishwa Kannada Sammelana, an
b) Sports international event celebrating the Kannada language and culture?
c) Cinema a) Tamil Nadu
d) Science b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
5. The Padma Awards, including Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, d) Andhra Pradesh
are given in India to recognize exceptional achievement in various fields such as
arts, literature, science, and public service. Who presents these awards?
10. Which award is presented annually to recognize excellence in the field of
journalism in India? 15. Which Indian state is known for organizing the International Film Festival of India
a) Ramon Magsaysay Award (IFFI) annually?
b) Gandhi Peace Prize a) Maharashtra
c) Pulitzer Prize b) Goa
d) Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards c) West Bengal
d) Karnataka
11. The National Kalidas Samman is awarded for outstanding achievement in which
area of Indian culture? 16. The prestigious Indian Classical Music Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship,
a) Literature is given to individuals who have made significant contributions in which field?
b) Visual Arts a) Dance and Music
c) Classical Music and Dance b) Theater
d) Cinema c) Literature
d) None of the above
12. Which of the following is India's highest civilian award for contributions to the
field of arts, literature, and public service? 17. The Dronacharya Award is presented in India for excellence in which field?
a) Padma Vibhushan a) Education
b) Padma Bhushan b) Sports Coaching
c) Bharat Ratna c) Literature
d) Padma Shri d) Social Work

13. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often referred to as Asia's equivalent of which
other prestigious award? 18. The Vyas Samman is an annual literary award given for outstanding contributions
a) Nobel Prize to which language?
b) Pulitzer Prize a) Hindi
c) Booker Prize b) Sanskrit
d) Grammy Award c) Tamil
d) Telugu
14. The National Bravery Awards are presented annually on which occasion in India?
a) Republic Day
b) Independence Day
c) Children's Day 19. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, who was seen in the news, is associated with which field?
d) Gandhi Jayanti a) Sports person
 b) Mountaineer b) Afghanistan
c) Politician c) India
d) Business person d) Iran

20. Which documentary won the “Best Long Documentary Award” at the South 25. Which Indian athlete is known as the "Flying Sikh" for his exceptional speed in
Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2023? athletics?
a) Gujarat a) PT Usha
b) Gauri b) Manoj Tiwari
c) Scam c) Neeraj Chopra
d) none of the above d) Milkha Singh

21. Robert E Lucas’ who passed away recently, was associated with which field? 26. Akshardham temple, which is situated in Delhi, is revered for which Hindu deity?
a) Physics a) Swaminarayan
b) Economics b) Shiva
c) Medicine c) Krishna
d) Literature d) Ganesh

22. Suriname conferred the ‘Grand Order of the Chain of Yellow Star’ on which 27. In which of the following states in India 838 temples of a particular religion
Indian personality? located on one mountain?
a) Prime Minister a) Karnataka
b) President of India b) Gujarat
c) External Affairs Minister c) Rajasthan
d) Finance Minister d) Bihar

23. Which Indian chess player holds the prestigious title of Grandmaster? 28. Which of the following is / are examples of Indian martial arts?
a) Viswanathan Anand 1. Thang-Ta
b) Harikrishna Koneru 2. Kalaripayattu
c) Pentala Harikrishna 3. Silambam
d) Adhiban Baskaran 4. Mudiyettu
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
24. Which country’s central bank Governor has been honoured with the ‘Governor Only 1 & 2
of the Year’ award? a) Only 2 & 3
a) Sri Lanka b) Only 1, 2 & 3
 c) 1, 2, 3 & 4 b) Pandyas
c) Pallavas
d) Vijaynagara
29. With reference to India's culture and tradition, what is "Kambala"?
a) an annual buffalo race held traditionally in Karnataka 34. Which of the following folk / tribal dances is associated with Karnataka?
b) a martial art practiced in Manipur a) Yakshagana
c) a folk art of Kerala b) Jatra
d) an ancient style bronze and brasswork of Andhra Pradesh c) Veedhi
d) Jhora

30. Which of the following temples of Odisha has a khakhara type of Sikhara? 35. Who among the following built the Konark’s Sun Temple?
a) Jagannath Temple a) Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva
b) Lingaraja Temple b) Narasimhadeva I
c) Rajarani Temple c) Kapilendra Deva Routaray
d) Baital Deula Temple d) Purushottam Dev

31. With respect to Indian culture, what is ‘Ghode Modni’? 36. What is the name of the famous folk drama of Bhils?
a) festival celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh a) Swang
b) tribe of Andaman & Nicobar islands b) Gavari
c) dance form in Goa c) Rammat
d) style of Painting d) Tamasha

32. Which among the following term correctly represents the religious and belief 37. ‘Rath Yatra’ at Puri is celebrated in honour of which god?
systems in which items in nature such as animals, trees or mountains can have a) Lord Shiva
spiritual value? b) Lord Rama
a) Animism c) Lord Jagannath
b) Syncretic religion d) Lord Vishnu
c) Tribalism
d) Hybrid religion 38. Garadi is a folk dance of which region?
a) Puducherry
33. The Amman and Kalyanmandapa are considered to be indispensdable part of b) Gujarat
temple architecture of __: c) Mizoram
a) Cholas d) Rajasthan
 a) Gujarat
39. Who amongst the following established an institution named ‘Kalashram’ for b) Madhya Pradesh
imparting training in dance and associated disciplines? c) Rajasthan
a) Lachhu Maharaj d) Haryana
b) Pandit Birju Maharaj
c) Shambhu Maharaj 45. Phad paintings are related to which?
d) Sitara Devi a) Mostly made on clothes
b) The drawings are made on a kind of long muffler-like fabric
40 Guru Gopinath was an exponent of which form of dance? c) The paintings are made by village women with vegetable dyes and in the
a) Kathak form of three-dimensional sculptures on dung-coated papers with clay
b) Kathakali colors.
c) Kuchipudi d) All of the above
d) Bharatnatyam

41. Sun temple is situated in which of the following state? 46. How is Buddha depicted in the Mathura sculpture style?
a) Odisha a) in a spiritual posture, with waving hair
b) Gujarat b) happy with smiling face
c) Karnataka c) Buddha’s life and Jataka tales displayed
d) Tamil Nadu d) All of the above

42. The popular Bagh cave paintings are found in which Indian state? 47. In whose period Buddha-statues made are found in five postures?
a) Odisha a) Gupta
b) Madhya Pradesh b) Satvahana
c) Sikkim c) Kushan
d) Himachal Pradesh d) Maurya

43. Ghumot is indigenous traditional percussion instrument of which state? 48. The statue of Khasrapan Lokeshwar from Nalanda is related to whose reign?
a) Goa a) Pala
b) Punjab b) Gupta
c) Assam c) Maurya
d) Andhra Pradesh d) Kushan

44. Maru Gurjar painting is the ancient art of ___ 49. The Panmalai temple of Arcot is related to which style of Pallava art?
 a) Mahendra style
b) Maamall style
c) Raj Singh style
d) None of these

50. The idea of the double dome was established by ___

a) Tughlaq Dynasty
b) Lodi Dynasty
c) Khilji Dynasty
d) Sayyaid Dynasty