Regional Culture and Traditions Quiz

A local temple in Tamil Nadu has unique architectural features and inscriptions in Tamil. What does this indicate about regional culture?

• Influence of Greek architecture

• Development of regional languages and arts

• Adoption of North Indian traditions

• Religious homogeneity across India

You visit a museum displaying paintings from Kangra. What regional tradition does this belong to?

• Mughal tradition

• Pahari tradition

• Deccan tradition

• Bengal tradition

A festival celebrated with Kathak dance performances is organized in Lucknow. Which cultural influence is most evident?

• Rajput

• Persian and Mughal

• Chola

• Maratha

Assertion (A): The Jagannath temple in Odisha became a center of regional culture. Reason (R): It attracted pilgrims from all over India and contributed to the spread of Odia culture.

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is true, but R is false.

• A is false, but R is true.

Assertion (A): Bhakti saints composed their poems in regional languages. Reason (R): Regional languages were easier for the masses to understand than Sanskrit.

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is true, but R is false.

• A is false, but R is true.

The Chera kingdom is associated with the development of which literature?

• Kathak

• Gitanjali

• Manipravalam

• Assamese

Puppetry as a performance art was confined only to -------.

• North India

• South India

• East India

• West India

Vaishnava poets like Mirabai composed their works in regional languages such as -------

• Hindi, Rajasthani
• Gujarati
• Punjabi
• Bengali

On a map of India, locate the region where the Kathakali dance form originated.

• Tamil Nadu

• Odisha

• Kerala

• Maharashtra

Identify the region associated with the following regional language and literature: Assamese.

• Western India

• Eastern India

• Northern India

• Southern India