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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
81	Who is the author of the Abhinaya Darpan?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
82	Which text is the main authority for the hand gestures used in Kathakali?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
83	According to the tradition recorded in the Natya Shastra, from which Veda was rasa taken?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Hard
84	Lavani, a fast and lively folk performance with the dholki, belongs to which state?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
85	A masked folk dance with martial movements is practised in Purulia and Seraikela styles. It is:	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
86	Costume, make-up and ornaments belong to which type of abhinaya?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
87	What is the sthayi bhava of karuna rasa?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
88	An actor playing a grieving mother begins to tremble and tears flow naturally. These involuntary signs belong…	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
89	In a love scene, moonlight and a garden in spring heighten the hero's feeling. In rasa theory these are:	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Hard
90	Which rasa was not among Bharata's original eight and was accepted later as the ninth?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
91	Kerala Kalamandalam was founded in 1930 by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy
92	The Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad was founded by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy
93	Which festival offers dance to Lord Nataraja at Chidambaram around Maha Shivaratri?	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Medium
94	Which Kathak gharana is especially noted for grace, delicate abhinaya and development at the court of Wajid A…	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Medium
95	The Kathak Kendra in New Delhi and the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy in Imphal function as units of …	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Hard
96	Which tabla stroke is produced by playing Ta on the dayan and Ge on the bayan together?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Easy
97	The wooden blocks placed under the leather straps of the tabla and moved to adjust pitch are called:	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Medium
98	Which pair of tabla gharanas is known for the "band baaj" (closed style)?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Medium
99	Which drum is the traditional accompaniment of dhrupad and has wheat dough applied to its bass head?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Easy
100	A barrel drum carved from jackfruit wood, with semolina paste applied on the left head, is played in a Karnat…	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Hard