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Questions Related to history

When Anantavarman decided to erect a temple for Purushottama Jagannatha at Puri?

  1. Tenth Century

  2. Twelfth Century

  3. Fifteenth Century

  4. Sixteenth Century


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the twelfth century, one of the most important rulers of the Ganga dynasty, Anatavarman, decided to erect a temple for Purushottama Jagannatha at Puri.

By the late __________ century, the Basohli style of miniature painting developed in Himachal Pradesh.

  1. 15th

  2. 16th

  3. 17th

  4. 18th


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudattas Rasamanjari.

Bhanudutta's Rasamanjari was painted in _________ style.

  1. Basohli

  2. Kangra

  3. Mewar

  4. Bundi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudattas Rasamanjari.

Basohli style of painting originated in Himachal Pradesh.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudatta's Rasamanjari.

Which of the following temples has acquired the name of the Black Pagoda?

  1. Sun Temple

  2. Lingaraj Temple

  3. Bhuvaneshwari Temple

  4. Jagannathdeva Temple


Correct Option: A

The most popular text / texts to be painted in Basohli style of miniature painting was _________.

  1. Rasamanjari

  2. Bhanudutta

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudatta's Rasamanjari.

The artist whose paintings are most popular in Basohli is __________.

  1. Rasamanjari

  2. Bhanudatta

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudatta's Rasamanjari.

What was the nature of the work that a scavenger has to do in a factory in early nineteenth-century Britain?

  1. The scavenger has to start the machine daily

  2. The scavenger has to take the brush and sweep under the wheels

  3. The scavenger has to make the other factory workers work properly

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B