The Making Of Regional Cultures

Which of the following pairs is wrong?

• Pongal - Tamil Nadu

• Bihu - Assam

• Gangaur - Punjab

• Onam - Kerala

The most famous Chera ruler was _______.

• Udiyanjeral

• Senguttuvan

• Nedunjeraladan

• Sengannan

Rajput women followed the practice of Sati.

• True

• False

What was the name that the British used to call the present-day Rajasthan in the 19th century?

Assertion-In regional cultures today, some traditions appear specific to some regions, others seem to be similar across regions, and yet others derive from older practices in a particular area, but take a new form in other regions.

Reason - Regional cultures today are often the product of complex processes of intermixing local traditions with ideas from other parts of the subcontinent.

• Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

• Assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.

• Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

The first literary works in Malayalam are dated to the _____________ century.

• Twelfth-Century

• Eleventh-Century

• Tenth-Century

• Fourteenth Century

Bengali is now recognised as a language derived from ___________.

• Hindi

• Sanskrit

• Odiya

• Urdu

Which of the following emotions were depicted in the stories about the Rajput heroes?

• Friendship

• Valour

• Loyalty

• Friendship

• All of these

The Jagannatha cult is mainly followed in the state of ____________.

• West Bengal

• Odisha

• Andhra Pradesh

• Assam

Who decided to erect a temple for Purushottama Jagannatha at Puri? *

• Ashoka

• Anangabhima III

• Anantavarman

• Mahendra