UPSC IAS Gk Questions 2014/ SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam. Gk Questions 2014

UPSC NDA/NA, CDS Examination Gk questions 2014, SSC Previous year's Question paper 2014

Question 1. To celebrate the remembrance of the evolution of Khasis and their indigenous democratic state called Hima, Nongkrem dance is performed in Meghalaya. When it is celebrated?
Ans. During Autumn

Question 2. Bhangra was a seasonal dance, practiced in the month leading up to the festival of Baisakhi. The core areas of Bhangra were Sialkot, Gujranwalla, Sheikhupur and  Gurdaspur. It is a dance of which state?
Ans. Punjab

Question 3. National School of Drama (NSD) became an independent school in 1975. In 2005, it was granted deemed university status, but in 2011, it was revoked on the institute`s request. To decentralise its activities, the NSD opened regional resource centres, across India. When and where was the first one opened?
Ans. Bangaluru ( 1994 )

Question 4. Bharata`s Natyashastra was the earliest treatise on dramaturgy. It gives a divine origin to Indian theatre, attributing it to the Natyaveda. This holy book was believed to be created by which lord?
Ans. Lord Brahma

Question 5. Tamaasha is a traditional folk theatre evolved from the folk forms such as Gondhal, Jagran and Kirtan. In tamaasha, the female actress is the chief exponent of dance movement known as `Murki`. It is born in which state?
Ans. Maharashtra

Question 6. MS Subhalakshmi, a renowned carnatic vocalist, was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, and also the first to receive Roman Magsaysay award. In which year she got Bharat Ratna?
Ans. 1998

Question 7. Amir Khusro,a sufi musician, poet and scholar, invented musical instruments `Sitar` and `Tabla`. He is regarded as the father of Qawwali and introduced the Ghazals into India. At the same time , he was the originator of some kinds of music. What are they?
Ans. Khayal and Tarana

Question 8. Minicoy is renowned for its tradition of the Lava dance. It is performed during the festive occasions on the Island. Dancers dressed in Multi-hued customes and headgears and carry a drum while dancing. It belongs to which Island?
Ans. Lakshadweep

Question 9. Sanskar Rang Toli, a theatre-in-education company, established in 1989. It has become India`s premier educational resource centre and coaches children aged 8 to 16 years. Who established this company?
Ans. National School of Drama ( NSD )

Question 10. National School of Drama ( NSD ) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi. It was set-up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Academi. It comes under which Ministry?
Ans. Ministry of Culture