Insights Static Quiz -341, 2019–Art and Culture

Solution: a)

• Todi should be performed in the late morning.
• Raga Bhopali should be sung after sunset.
• Bhimpalasi should be sung in late Afternoon.
• Raga Darbari is played deep into the night, considered to be one of the more difficult to master. Raga Darbari is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into North Indian music by Miyan Tansen, the 16th-century composer in Emperor Akbar’s court.

Solution: b)

• The main architectural features of Odisha temples are classified in three orders, i.e., rekhapida, pidhadeul and khakra.
• The temples of Odisha constitute a distinct substyle within the nagara order. In general, here the shikhara, called deul in Odisha, is vertical almost until the top when it suddenly curves sharply inwards.
• Deuls (part of the word pidhadeul) are preceded, as usual, by mandapas called jagamohana in Odisha.

Solution: b)

Mehrgarh is in Pakistan.

Dholavira – Gujarat

Banawali – Haryana

Alamgirpur – Uttar Pradesh

Solution: a)

Steatite, a soft stone found in the river beds, was although the most common material used to make seals, yet agate, chert, copper, faience and terracotta seals have also been found.

The common animal motifs were unicorn, humped bull, rhinoceros, tiger, elephant, buffalo, bison, goat, markour, ibex, crocodile, etc.

However, no evidence of cow has been found on any seal.

Mathematical images have also been found on some seals, which might have been used for educational purposes as well.

Solution: c)

The Pala School of painting produced some of the earliest examples of miniature painting in India. This school of painting dates back to 7th to 11th century.

It was executed under the Palas of Bengal in the eastern India. This period witnessed the last great phase of Buddhism and of the Buddhist art in India.