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After independence, Kathak was recognised as one of how many classical dance forms?Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest miniatures in western India illustrated which texts?Read the answer and worked solution →The bold and intense miniature style of the Himalayan foothills from the late seventeenth century is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah's conquest of Delhi in 1739 drove Mughal artists to the hills, leading to which school of painting?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chinese traveller observed in the seventh century that Sanskrit-related languages were used across Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar conquered Bengal, forming the nucleus of the Bengal suba, in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mangalakavyas of early Bengali literature literally mean:Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of Maynamati and Gopichandra belong to which Bengali literature?Read the answer and worked solution →Community leaders in newly settled south-eastern Bengal, revered as teachers and adjudicators, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta temple decoration reached its height in Vishnupur, in which district of West Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which thirteenth-century Sanskrit text permitted Bengal Brahmanas to eat fish?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the classical dancesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Bengal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the regional culture datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the culture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dance or paintingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Regional cultures bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The oldest Veda, composed about 3500 years ago, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rigvedic hymns are called sukta, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Rigveda, Agni is the god of:Read the answer and worked solution →The hymns of the Rigveda were composed by sages known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rigveda is written in:Read the answer and worked solution →Sanskrit belongs to which family of languages?Read the answer and worked solution →Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam belong to which language family?Read the answer and worked solution →A Rigvedic hymn records sage Vishvamitra in dialogue with which two rivers?Read the answer and worked solution →The birch bark manuscript of the Rigveda used for early printed texts was found in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Rigveda, the Ganga and Yamuna are named how many times?Read the answer and worked solution →Rigvedic battles fought with horse-drawn chariots were mainly to capture:Read the answer and worked solution →

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After independence, Kathak was recognised as one of how many classical dance forms?

  1. Ten
  2. Six
  3. Four
  4. Nine
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Correct answer: B. Six

1. British administrators had viewed it with disfavour. 2. It became one of six classical dances. 3. Others include Bharatanatyam and Kathakali. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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The earliest miniatures in western India illustrated which texts?

  1. Sufi
  2. Nath
  3. Jaina
  4. Vedic
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Correct answer: C. Jaina

1. They were painted on palm leaves or wood. 2. They illustrated Jaina texts. 3. Mughal emperors later patronised miniature painters. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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The bold and intense miniature style of the Himalayan foothills from the late seventeenth century is called:

  1. Kangra
  2. Mewar
  3. Bundi
  4. Basohli
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Correct answer: D. Basohli

1. It arose around modern Himachal Pradesh. 2. The style is Basohli. 3. Bhanudatta's Rasamanjari was its favourite text. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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