Previous Year Papers

1. Rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built by:

2. The ‘Pahari School’,’Rajput School’, ‘Mughal School’  and ‘Kangra School’ represent different styles in the art  of:

3. Which of the following countries is called the ‘sugar  bowl of the world’?

4. Who out of the following was given the award of  ‘Rashtra Kavi’ due to his influencing contribution to the  Independence movement of India through his literary  works?

5. The Gandhara School of art is the synthesis of:

6. Ganpati festival in Maharashtra was started by:

7. The source for knowledge of the Harappa culture is:

8. Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half Siva and half Parvati,  represents:

9. The temples of Bhuwaneshwar and Puri were built in:

10. ‘The Queen of Hills’ will soon be included in the U.N.  Heritage list. It is:

11. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora represent  only:

12. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?

13. The ‘Gopuram’, the temples of Dravidian style, stands  for:

14. Name the place where Thyagaraja Aradhana festival is  regularly held to pay homage to song composer Sri  Thyagaraja.

15. The ancient form of modern Devanagari script is:

16. Which one of the following is the most ancient musical  instrument?

17. The Chitragupta Swami Temple, considered to be the  only temple of Chitragupta, is situated in:

18. Which one of the following temple complexes has a  massive image of nandi, considered to be biggest in  India?

19. Teratali is the folk dance of:

20. ‘Karagam’, a religious folk dance, is associated with: