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Class 7 History
The Making Of Regional Cultures
Quiz 2
Which of the following emotions were depicted in the stories about the Rajput heroes?
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Loyalty
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Friendship
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Love
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All of these
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Most of the present day Rajasthan was called as the Rajputana by the British in the 19th century. The stories about Rajput heroes were recorded in poems and songs, which were recited by specially trained minstrels. These preserved the memories of heroes and were expected to inspire others to follow their example. Ordinary people were also attracted by these stories which often depicted dramatic situations,and a range of strong emotions loyalty, friendship, love, valour, anger, etc.
Stories about the Rajput heroes were recorded in _________.
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Poems
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Songs
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Both A and B
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None of these
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In the nineteenth century, the region that constitutes most of present-day Rajasthan, was called Rajputana by the British. Stories about Rajput heroes were recorded in poems and songs, which were recited by specially trained minstrels. These preserved the memories of heroes and were expected to inspire others to follow their example. Ordinary people were also attracted by these stories which often depicted dramatic situations, and a range of strong emotions loyalty, friendship, love, valour, anger, etc.
The kathaks were originally a caste of _________ in temples of north India, who embellished their performances with
gestures and songs.
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Sculptors
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Story-tellers
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Gate keepers
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Carpenters
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Kathak is a dance form associated with North india. The term kathak is derived from katha, a word used in Sanskrit and other languages for story. The kathaks were originally a caste of story-tellers in temples of north India, who embellished their performances with gestures and songs. Kathak began evolving into a distinct mode of dance in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries with the spread of the bhakti movement.
The Jagannath temple was built by the ______________ dynasty.
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Ganga
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Chalukya
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Chola
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Chera
________ began evolving in north india into a distinct mode of dance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with the spread of the bhakti movement.
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Kathak
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Kuchipudi
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Bharatanatyam
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Kathakali
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Kathak is a dance form associated with north India. The kathaks were originally a caste of story-tellers in temples of north India, who embellished their performances with gestures and songs. Kathak began evolving into a distinct mode of dance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with the spread of the bhakti movement. The legends of Radha - Krishna were enacted in folk plays called Rasa Lila, which combined folk dance with the basic gestures of the kathak story-tellers.
Which of the following classical dances developed in Kerala?
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Kathak
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Kathakali
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Bharatanatyam
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Kuchipudi
__________ was the last Nawab of Awadh.
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Wajid Ali Shah
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Shuja - ud - Daula
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Asaf - ud - Daula
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Asif Jah Mirza
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Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh. Under his patronage Kathak
grew into a major art form. Kathak is a form of dance associated with North India and derives its name from the Sanskrit word Katha which means a story. The other names mentioned in the options were the earlier Nawabs of Awadh.
Kathak began evolving in the ___ and ____ centuries.
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11th - 12th
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12th - 13th
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14th - 15th
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15th - 16th
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Kathak is a dance form associated with North India. Kathak began evolving into a distinct mode of dance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with the spread of the bhakti movement. The legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted in folk plays called rasa lila, which combined folk dance with the
basic gestures of the kathak story-tellers.
Which of the following classical dances developed in East India?
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Odissi
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Kuchipudi
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Bhartanatyam
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Kathak
Under the _______ and their nobles, Kathak was performed in the court, where it acquired its present
features.
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Mughal emperors
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Delhi Sultans
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Maratha rulers
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Tribal kings
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Kathak is a dance form associated with North India. Under the Mughal emperors and their nobles, Kathak was performed in the court, where it acquired its present features and developed into a form of dance with a distinctive style. Subsequently, it developed in two traditions or gharanas : one in the courts of Rajasthan
(Jaipur) and the other in Lucknow.
Which of the following classical dances developed in North East India?
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Kuchipudi
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Odissi
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Manipuri
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Kathak
By the third quarter of 19th century, kathak spread to which of the following areas?
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Punjab
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Bihar
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Madhya Pradesh
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All of the above
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Kathak is a dance form originated in north india. By the third quarter of the nineteenth century it was firmly entrenched as a dance form not only in Jaipur and Lucknow, but in the adjoining areas of present-day Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar
and Madhya Pradesh.
Which of the following classical dances developed in Andhra Pradesh?
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Bharatanatyam
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Kathak
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Kathakli
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Kuchipudi
Under the patronage of _______ Kathak grew into a major art form.
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Wajid Ali Shah
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Akbar
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Shah Jahan
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Alauddin Khalji
Explanation
Kathak is a dance form associated with north India. Under the Mughal emperors and their nobles, Kathak was performed in the court, where it acquired its present features and developed into a form of dance with a distinctive style. Under the patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh,
it grew into a major art form.
The first literary works in Malayalam are dated to the _______________.
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Tenth Century
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Eleventh Century
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Twelfth Century
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Fourteenth Century
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The Cheras drew upon Sanskritic traditions. The first literary works in Malayalam, dated to about the twelfth century, are directly indebted to Sanskrit.
Some of the most beautiful miniatures in western India were used to illustrate _______ texts.
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Buddhist
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Jain
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Islamic
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Hindu
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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. Some of the most beautiful of these, found in western India, were used to illustrate Jaina texts.
Which of the following are the characteristics of Mughal miniature paintings?
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Brilliant colours
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Court scenes
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Hunting scenes
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All of the above
Miniature paintings are done on ____________.
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Cloth
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Paper
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Palm Leaves
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All of the above
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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.
Who decided to erect a temple for Purushottama Jagannatha at Puri?
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Ashoka
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Anantavarman
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Anangabhima III
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Mahendra
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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.
Where the local tribal people make the wooden image of the deity, who was later identified with Vishnu?
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Kedarnath
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Cult of Jagannatha
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Badrinath
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None of these
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Cult of Jagannatha at Puri, Orissa.
The local tribal people make the wooden image of the deity, which suggests that the deity was originally a local god, who was later identified with Vishnu.
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