1. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale started in

2013

2011

2014

2012

2. John Berger wrote the following book.

On Photography

Ways of Seeing

Camera Lucida'

Camera Obscura

3. The Brihadishwara Temple is in

Thanjavur

Madurai

Kumbakonam

Rameswaram

4. Jallikattu, a bull taming traditional game takes place in

Kerala

Karnataka

Panjab

Tamil Nadu

5. Savitribai Phule was a

Social reformer and poet

Sufi Saint

Sangam poet

Spiritual Preacher

6. The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is in

Khajuraho

Kannauj

Kanchipuram

Kapilavastu

7. The artist with whom Pablo Picasso collaborated most closely during the phase of Analytical Cubism was

Marcel Duchamp

George Chirico

Georges Braque

Alberto Giacometti

8. The Dutch artist well known for his self-portraits done over more than four decades is

Lucas van Leyden

Rembrandt van Rijn

Jan van der Meer

Peiter Breugel the Elder

9. The subject of Michael Angelo's marble Pieta depicts

The Last Judgement

Virgin Mary grieving over the body of Jesus Christ

The Creation of Adam

The School of Athens

10. The Van Gogh Museum is located in

London

New York

Amsterdam

Berlin

11. In 1938, the Haripura Congress posters were designed by

Benode Behari Mukherjee

Nanda1a1 Bose

Chittoprasad

K. Venkatappa

12. Leonardo's Last Supper was painted in the

Refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazia in Milan

Central Public Library, New York

Windsor Castle, England

St Paul's Basilica in Rome

13. The foundations of Western Art History were written in a book on Florentine Artists by

Taddeo Gaddi

Giovani Pisano

Cimabue

Giorgio Vasari

14. Chidambaram is a temple dedicated to

Visnu

Bramha

Siva

Ayyappa

15. Manaku was a well-known traditional painter of

Mughal miniatures

Deccani miniatures

Rajasthani miniatures

Pahadi miniatures

16. The sculptures from the Bharhut Stupa have been recreated in

Indian Museum

Madras Museum

Mathura Museum

Salar Jung Museum

17. The painting by Pablo Picasso that shattered many rules of representational painting was

The Portrait of Gertrude Stein

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

The Bathers

Three Women

18. Ramkinkar Vaij's iconic image ofJabor and displacement is called

Bird in Space

Sujata

Santhal Family

Fountain

19. A well-known artist residency established in Delhi to support contemporary art and emerging artists is called

Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Crescent Perceptions

Khoj International Artists Association

Bhau Daji Lad Artist ssocation

20. The inner most chamber of a temple that houses the main deity is called

Shikhara

Mandapa

Garba Griha

Ardha Mandapa

21. The legendary Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur Gharana who passed away recently in 2017 was

Gangubai Hangal

Mogubai Kurdikar

Hirabai Barodekar

Kishoree Amonkar

22. Rabindranath Tagore is the author and composer of the National Anthem of

India

India and Bangladesh

Bangladesh

All of the above

23. The branch of art history that studies the visual images and symbols in a work of art is called

Iconography

Biography

Numismatics

Epigraphy

24. The bronze doors that Lorenzo Ghilberti took 21 years to complete were part of the series called

The Flagellation

The Annunciation

The Gates of Paradise

The Baptism of Christ

25. A chaitya hall seen in the caves at Ajanta is designed as a

Residential space for monks to live in

Resting place for merchants and travelers

Place of congregational worship for monks and pilgrims

Royal Durbar

26. The book named 'White Mughals' is written by

Asok Kumar Das

Catherine Asher

William Dalrymple

Harbans Mukhia

27. One of the following women artists was in the Mughal Court

Rummana Hussain

Shahzia Sikander

Nasreen Mohamedi

Sahifa Banu

28. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution was led by

Vladimir Lenin

Adolf Hitler

Donald J. Trump

Benito Mussolini

29. The book, named 'The Dance of Siva" is written by

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy

Stella Kramrisch

Havell

W. G. Archer

30. The temple at Bhitargaon in Uttar Pradesh is made in

Sandstone

Laterite

Brick

Marble

31. 'Running Fence', the famous site specific art installation was conceptualized by

Anish Kapoor

Christo

Andy Goldsworthy

Soli Le Witt

32. Mohiniyattam is a classical dance that is developed in

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Karnataka

Maharashtra

33. The Muraqqa'-i gulshan or Gulshan Album was painted in the court of

Akbar

Babur

Sher Shah Suri

Jahangir

34. The Dhumar Lena cave is in

Ajanta

Elephanta

Ellora

Badami

35. The Dashakumaracharita was written by

Kalidasa

Sudraka

Dandin

Vishakhadatta

36. The Lomas Rishi Cave was built in the period of

Gupta

Maurya

Chalukya

Vakataka

37. The ManasolHisa is the Sanskrit text, written in the

Kakatiya dynasty

Kalyani Chalukya dynasty

Ganga dynasty

Hoysala dynasty

38. Akka Mahadevi is a

Bhakti Poet

Sanskrit Scholar

Queen

Devadasi

39. The Ajrak is the name of a traditional

Textile

Ceramics

Ritual

Performance

40. The sculpture tilted Triumph of Labour is made by

Nagji Patel

Debi Prasad Roy Choudhury

Prodosh Dagupta

Ramkinkar Baij

41. A well known painting that conceptually fuses image, subject and object is

The Dance by Henri Matisse

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin

The Flag, 1954-55 by Jasper Johns

Manet's Olympia

42. The Surrealist Manifesto that celebrated automatic writing and irrational dream narratives was published by

Andre Breton

Ferdinand Leger

Jackson Pollock

Eva Hesse

43. The Italian art movement that celebrated speed, technology, movement and industrialization was founded by

Filippo Marinetti

Salvador Dali

Alberto Giacometti

Lisa Gherardini

44. The well known 19th century photographer who was commissioned by the Nizam of Hyderabad was

Lalan Fakir

Sunil Janah

Gautham Rajadhyakshya

Raja Deen Dayal

45. The British Artist who designed the large Arcelor Mittal Orbit for the London Olympics in 2012 was

Tracey Emin

Anish Kapoor

Francis Bacon

Henry Moore

46. The famous archaeological site in Madhya Pradesh that has Paleolithic paintings in rock shelters is

Mandu

Ratlam

Bhimbhetka

Udaigiri

47. A self-taught artist who had worked with themes of middle class, urban and gender identities in his paintings was

Bhupen Khakkar

J Swaminathan

Paramjit Singh

Alex Mathew

48. The university that was recently opened at a well known center of knowledge in ancient India is

Khandagiri University

Nalanda University

Lomas Rishi University

Barabar University

49. An outstanding example of a medieval artistic step well designed for water management is found at

Rani-ki-vav at Patan Gujarat

Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur

Hindola Mahal in Mandu

Chowmohalla Palace Hyderabad

50. The Emperor most responsible for the spread and patronage of Buddhism along the silk route in early India from Gandhara to China was

Emperor Chandragupta Maurya

Emperor Vimala Kadphises

Emperor Kanishka the Great

Emperor Harisena