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MAKING OF REGIONAL CULUTRES

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MANIPRAVALAM??

a)

TOYS AND MORE TOYS

b)

DIAMONDS AND CORALS

c)

GOLD AND SILVER

d)

I DON'T KNOW

2.

THE TEMPLE THEATER OF KERALA, WHICH TRACED TO THIS PERIOD, BORROWED STORIES FROM THE _________ EPICS.

a)

TAMIL

b)

MALAYALAM

c)

SANSKRIT

d)

BOTH A AND B

3.

WHERE IS THE CULT OF JAGANNATHA ??

(a)  

4.

IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY, WHO DECIDED TO ERECT A TEMPLE FOR PURUSHOTTAMA JAGANNATHA AT PURI?

a)

ANANGABHIMA III

b)

ANANTAVARMAN

c)

AKBAR

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

5.

STORIES ABOUT RAJPUT HEROES WERE RECORDED IN POEM AND SONGS, WHICH WERE RECITED BY _____________.

a)

PEASANTS

b)

TRAINED MINSTRELS

c)

FRIENDS OF RAJPUTS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

6.

WHAT WERE THE LEGENDS OF RADHA-KRISHNA WHICH WERE ENACTED IN FOLK PLAYS CALLED??

a)

RADHA AND KRISHNA

b)

RASA LILA

c)

KATHAK

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

7.

Which castes were the Rajputs?

a)

Kshatriya

b)

Shudra

c)

Vaishya

d)

Brahman

8.

The region that constitutes most of present day Rajasthan was called ____________ by the British.

a)

Gharana

b)

Rajputana

c)

Jaipur

9.

Under the patronage of ______________ the last Nawab of Awadh, Kathak grew into a major art form.

a)

Wajid Ali Shah

b)

Allauddin Khilji

c)

Siraj Ud Daulah

d)

Mir Osman Ali

10.

The earliest miniatures were on ________ or _______

a)

Palm leaves, Wood

b)

Canvas , Cloth

c)

Bark of Willow Tree, Metal Sheets

d)

Walls, Doors

11.

_____ is a bold and intense style of miniature painting.

a)

Basohli

b)

Kangra

c)

Varli

d)

Ikat

12.

In the 7th century ____________ , a Chinese traveller observed that languages related to Sanskrit were in use all over Bengal.

a)

xuan zang

b)

yang zee

c)

Tsang sue

13.

____________ is a popular regional deity, often worshipped in the form of a stone or a piece of wood.

a)

Gopichandra

b)

Maynamati

c)

Dharma Thakur

14.

______ is a Persian word meaning a spiritual guide.

a)

Monks

b)

Pirs

c)

Teachers

15.

Many of the modest brick and terracotta temples in Bengal were built with the support of several low social groups such as _________ and ________

a)

Kolu, Kansari

b)

Carpenter, oil pressers

c)

Karmakaras, Brahamanas

16.

WHAT IS A FOUR-ROOFED TEMPLE CALLED ??

a)

DOCHALA

b)

CHAUCHALA

c)

CHALA

d)

BOTH B AND C

17.

HOW IS MY QUIZ SO FAR??

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