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3841 A performance shows a dancer balancing on the rim of a brass plate while dancing. Which form is being perform… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Classical dance forms
Medium
3842 The tribhanga posture, in which the body bends at three points, is especially associated with Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Classical dance forms
Medium
3843 An audience sees a night-long dance-drama from the epics in which heroic characters wear green facial make-up… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Classical dance forms
Hard
3844 Which folk dance is performed by women in Punjab, often with clapping and folk verses? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Folk dance forms
Easy
3845 Lavani, performed to the beat of the dholki, belongs to Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Folk dance forms
Easy
3846 Cheraw, in which dancers step between bamboo poles clapped together, is associated with Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Folk dance forms
Medium
3847 Which style of Chhau is performed without masks? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Folk dance forms
Medium
3848 At a temple festival in Kerala, dancers wear huge painted masks made from areca palm sheaths to honour the go… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Folk dance forms
Hard
3849 The phrase "sa vidya ya vimuktaye" means Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Goals of Indian education
Easy
3850 Which of the following is NOT one of the four purusharthas? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Goals of Indian education
Easy
3851 In the Mundaka Upanishad, subjects such as grammar, metre and astronomy are classed as Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Goals of Indian education
Medium
3852 A gurukula teaches music, painting and carpentry alongside scripture. Which traditional idea does this reflec… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Goals of Indian education
Medium
3853 Which statement best summarises the aims of traditional Indian education? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Goals of Indian education
Hard
3854 The three stages of learning — listening, reflecting and deep contemplation — are called Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Teacher and student
Easy
3855 The advice "satyam vada, dharmam chara" occurs in the convocation address of the Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Teacher and student
Easy
3856 Why did the teacher Gautama accept Satyakama Jabala as a student? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Teacher and student
Medium
3857 A student who lives in the teacher's house during the period of study is called Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Teacher and student
Medium
3858 In the Prashna Upanishad, Pippalada asks six seekers to live with him for a year before questioning him. What… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Teacher and student
Hard
3859 Which Pala king is credited with founding Vikramashila? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Centres of education
Easy
3860 Villages granted to learned Brahmins, which often became centres of scholarship, were called Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Centres of education
Easy