CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Culture And Places Of India And World Quiz 11 - MCQExams.com

• Asha Bhosle is an iconic Indian playback singer. Australian cricketer Brett Lee and legendary singer Asha Bhosle recorded a song 'You're the one for me'. The song was written by Lee. 
• Lee even featured in the video along with Asha, where he was seen trying to win the heart of a young Indian woman and Asha played the role of an advisor, teaching him Hindi.

• Hindustani classical music is an Indian classical music tradition which originated in North India around the 13th and 14th centuries. Rudra and Vichitra are types of veenas used in Hindustani music. 
• The Rudra veena, one of the oldest styles of the veena, is ba­si­cally a bamboo stick with two gourds at­ta­ched. It has frets which are set into wax. 
• The Vichitra vina is a stringed instrument like the Rudra veena except it has no frets.

• Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most recognized pieces of art in the world. 
• Van Gogh mentioned it briefly in his letters as a simple “study of night” or ”night effect.”

• Kabuki and Noh theatre are the earliest types of traditional Japanese theatre. Kabuki and Noh theatre derive from the ancient Japanese traditions of entertainment, spectacle, religion, mysticism, and drama. 
• Kabuki drama incorporates singing, dancing, and wearing costumes. Noh drama involves song and dance, as well as the wearing of traditional masks and chanting

• A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, Black swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. 
• The movie was directed by Darren Aronofsky. Critics praised Portman's performance and Aronofsky's direction. It also received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards.

• A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, Black swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. 
• The movie was directed by Darren Aronofsky and was released in the year 2010. Critics praised Portman's performance and Aronofsky's direction. It also received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards.

• The biopic, titled “Neerja,” tells the story of Neerja Bhanot, a 23-year-old senior flight purser on Pan Am Flight 73 when four armed men hijacked the plane at Karachi airport on Sept. 5, 1986. 
• She helped passengers, including small children and the elderly, escape through the emergency exit, before she was shot dead by one of the gunmen.
• Ram Madhvani was the director of the film Neerja. He was greatly appreciated for his direction and won many accolades for the same.  

• A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, Black swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. 
• The movie was directed by Darren Aronofsky and was released in the year 2010. Critics praised Portman's performance and Aronofsky's direction. It also received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards. Portman won the Academy award in 2011 for her role in Black Swan.

• Film and television Institute of India is an autonomous body established in 1960. It comes under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 
• Anupam Kher is the chairperson of FTII. He is a renowned Indian movie actor, filmmaker and director who predominantly appear in Bollywood movies. He has appeared in more than 500 movies, numerous theatre plays, and some International movies and has earned utmost fame by his remarkable work.
• Now Shri Brijendra Pal Singh is the current chairperson of FTII as on August 2019.

• Palash Sen is an Indian Singer. He is also the lead vocalist of the famous band, Euphoria. 
• Palash Sen hogged the limelight when he made a sensational debut as the lead vocalist with his band Euphoria as it went on to become a success with the album 'Dhoom'.

• The biopic, titled “Neerja,” tells the story of Neerja Bhanot, a 23-year-old senior flight purser on Pan Am Flight 73 when four armed men hijacked the plane at Karachi airport on Sept. 5, 1986. 
• She helped passengers, including small children and the elderly, escape through the emergency exit, before she was shot dead by one of the gunmen.
• Shekhar Ravjiani, an Indian music composer and singer made his acting debut in Neerja alongside Sonam kapoor.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was placed at 9th position among 74 of the world’s most powerful people of 2016 list released by the Forbes Magazine. 
• The list gives the annual ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People on the basis of their financial resources, scope and use of power and the number of people they impact.

• Vallam Kali is also known as snake boat race due to the length of the boats that are used in the race. It takes place on the land of serenity that is Kerala and this sports activity attaches the adventurous aspect. 
• It is an ancient and traditional boat race that is held on the 5th day of festival Onam that is in the month of September. 
• The festival takes up the form of a water carnival and is considered as a major crowd puller. It is thrilling and exciting event for the rowers as well as spectators.

• St. Petersburg is a Russian city in northwestern Russia, near the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg is the second biggest city in Russia.
• In 1914, after the leader Lenin's death, it was renamed Leningrad in his honour. Leningrad again took its old name of St. Petersburg on September 6, 1991, when Russia stopped being communist.

• Krakatoa is an active volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia that had erupted in the year 1883.
• The 1883 eruption ejected more than six cubic miles of rock, ash, and pumice, and made the loudest sound ever recorded by human beings.
• The eruption destroyed two-thirds of what was then the island of Krakatoa.

• The Arc de Triomphe located at the centre of the place de Etoile and the western end of the Champs-Elysees, is a very famous monument in Paris.
• The Arc de Triomphe means arch of victory. The names of French generals and battles are engraved on the walls of the monument.

• The film Entertainment is a Bollywood movie starring Akshay Kumar and a Golden Retriever dog in the lead role. It was released in the year 2014.
• The Golden Retrievers are known for their devoted and obedient nature as a family companion.

• Pandit Jasraj is a famous Indian Hindustani classical singer. He is the founder and patron of the Indian Music Academy, an organization formed primarily to propagate Hindustani music around the globe.
• For his outstanding musicianship, he has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2000, the Padma Bhushan in 1990, the Padma Shri in 1975, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987.

• The Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Methala, Thrissur district, Kerala.
• The Cheraman Masjid is the very first mosque in India, built in 629 AD by Malik lbn Dinar, an Arab propagator of Islam and a follower and contemporary of Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
• It is believed that this mosque was first renovated and reconstructed in the 11th century AD

Alice in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a young girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. In this The Mock Turtle sings the song 'Soup of the evening, beautiful soup'.

• The Louvre is the world's largest museum and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. It is one of the Paris biggest tourist attractions.
• 'The Mona Lisa' by Leonardo da Vinci is a famous painting on display in the museum.