UPSC 1999 › Art & Culture

Consider the following statements: The striking feature of the Jama Masjid in Kashmir completed by Zain-ul-Abidin include(s) I. Turret. II. Similarity with Buddhist pagodas. III. Persian style.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was

The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore are classified as

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I I. Pandit Vishnu Digamber Paluskar II. Venkatamahi III. Shyama Shastri IV. Amir Khusru

List II A. Introduced the scheme of Raga classification of Indian music B. Proponent of Carnatic music C. Proponent of the Khayal form of Hindustani music D. Wrote the music for the song ‘Vande Mataram’

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The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Libraries) I. Saraswati Mahal Library II. Library of Tibetan Work and Archives III. Raza Library IV. Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library

List II (Locations) A. Patna B. Dharamsala C. Thanjavur D. Rampur

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Which one of the following pairs of folk-dance forms and states is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Writers) I. Sashi Tharoor II. Amitav Ghosh III. Anita Desai IV. Vikram Chandra

List II (Books) A) Clear Light of Day B) Circle of Reason C) Love and Longing in Bombay D) Show Business

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Books) I. The First Indian War of Independence II. Anand Math III. Life Divine IV. Sadhana

List II (Authors) A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Sri Aurobindo C) Bankim Chandra Chatterji D) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar