Indian Culture General Studies MCQs

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Mudiyettu is a traditional dance drama of Kerala based on the mythological story of a fight between a demon named Kali Devi and Darika. It is a community practice involving the whole village. The villagers reach the temple early in the morning on the appointed day after harvesting in summer. Mudiyettu artists purify themselves through fasting and prayers and then create a huge image of the goddess Kali called Kalam with colored powder on the temple floor to inspire the spirit of the goddess.

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Yampuri is the traditional rod puppetry of Bihar. These puppets are made of wood. Unlike the traditional rod puppets of West Bengal and Orissa, these puppets are single pieces and have no joints.
Pavakoothu is a Kerala traditional glove puppet show. It originated almost in the 18th Century AD with puppets adorned with colorful hats and feathers and the color of the face is a testament to the enormous influence of the storytelling dance form.

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Indian media has been active since the late 18th century. Printing media began in India in 1780. Radio broadcasts began in 1927. India’s media is one of the oldest in the world. It dates back to and before the reign of Ashoka. Many media outlets are controlled by large corporations, which monetize their advertising, registration, and marketing of patents.

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On December 4, 1829, the then Governor-General, Lord William Bentinck, passed the Bengal Sati Act, which outlawed the practice of sati in all courts in British India. That provision describes the practice of sati as a rebellion against human sentiments.

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Rasgulla, also known as rasagola, is a South Asian syrupy dessert popular in the Indian subcontinent and South Asian diaspora. It is made of chhena and semolina flour ball-shaped dumplings, cooked in light sugar syrup. This is done until the syrup enters the dumplings. In 2017, West Bengal got the Geographical Indication status of its Rasgulla.

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Dhokra handicrafts are known for their oldest form and traditional simplicity. This tribal handicraft originated in Madhya Pradesh. Other states involved in the manufacture of such handicrafts are West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha. Dhokra is famous for its unique objects depicting folk characters. Dhokra jewelry, candle stands, pen stands, ashtrays, and a variety of showpieces are available at every handicraft shop.

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Laleshwari, also known locally as Lal Dead, is a Kashmiri spiritualist from the Kashmir Shaivism School of Hindu Philosophy. He created a spiritual poetic style called Vatsuna or Wakh, which means “speech” (from the Sanskrit word). Known as Lal Waq, his poems are early works in the Kashmiri language and an important part of modern Kashmiri literary history. Lal Dead (“Mother Lal” or “Mother Lalla”) is also known by many other names such as Lal Dayad (Dad means “grandmother”), Lalla Arifa, Lal Didi, Lalleshwari, Lalla Yogeshwari / Yogeshwari and Lalishree.

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Chhayavaad is that poetic stream of the romantic rise of Hindi literature which started around AD. From 1918 to 1937, it was the main Yugvani.
Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’, Sumitranandan Pant, Mahadevi Verma, Pandit Makhan Lal Chaturvedi are considered representative poets of this poetic stream. The credit for naming Chhayavaad goes to Mukutdhar Pandey.

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Harishwar composed Harishchandra Kavya and Somnath Charit, it is the literature of the Kannada language.
Kannada literature flourished between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries under the patronage of the Vijayanagara kings.

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Pinglay Venkayya designed the national flag of India. He included primarily two colour in his flag which represents Hindi and Muslim. He used red colour for Hindu, and green for Muslim.