1. Who got the Noble prize for Peace 2014?

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for child rights

Amala Akkineni for animal rights

Medha Patkar for Narmada Bachao Andolan

None of the above

2. Since 2012, the International Art Biennale in India has taken place in

Pushkar, Rajasthan

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Kochi Muziris

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai

3. Hamza Namah, the famous album with miniature paintings, was painted in

Jahangir's court

Akbar's court

Shah Jahan's court

Babur's court

4. Arundhati Roy is a well known

Stage Actress

Lyricist

Writer/Activist

Sculptor

5. The World's first Art Biennale is

Sao Paolo Biennale

Venice Biennale

Singapore Biennale

Hong Kong Biennale

6. Kalpa Sutra is

A manual on techniques of painting

A manual on erotics

Jain religious text

A text on performance theory

7. Aihole and Badami caves are situated in

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Orissa

Kerala

8. The film Dirty Picture was based on the life of

Smita Patil

Silk Smita

Divya Bharati

Kimi Katkar

9. The peace activist in Manipur on a hunger strike since 2000 is

Medha Patkar

Ela Bhat

Shanta Sinha

Irom Sharmila

10. The Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar is also popularly known as

Akshar Dham

Golden Temple

Surendrapuri

Ighatpuri

11. The artist most responsible for the shift in the mode of depicting popular Indian deities was

Abanindranath Tagore

Ravi Varma

Nandalal Bose

Venkatappa

12. An example of a temple that was carved from the sikhara level was

Nagesvara Temple in Kumbakonam

Chennakesava Temple in Somnathpur

Kandariya Mahadeo temple in Khajuraho

Kailashanatha Temple in Ellora

13. Sabyasachi is a well known personality in the world of

Electronic Circuitry

Furniture Design

Fashion Design

Automobile Design

14. A synagogue is associated with

Buddhist faith

Christian Churches

Sikh religion

Judaism

15. The Statue of Unity is proposed to be located in

In the middle of Narmada River

Banks of the Ganga

Gandhidham

Kanyakumari

16. The Pancharatha temples of the Pallava Period. were carved in

Mahabalipuram

Thanjavur

Coimbatore

Tiruchirapally

17. The recent film Mary Kom is based on the life of a

Archer

Gymnast

Boxer

Wrestler

18. The act of random drawing on paper is called

Tracing

Stipling

Doodling

Stenciling

19. The horrific rape episode in Delhi that held the countrts attention last year has been termed

Nirankar Case

Adhikar Case

Nyaay Case

Nirbhaya Case

20. The person best known for his daily cartoons in the Times of India was

R K Narayan

M S Sathyu

Jahangir Sabharwal

R K Lakshman

21. The Mahajanaka Jataka depicted in Ajanta is an example of

Mosaic Painting

Narrative Painting

Montage Painting

Iconic Painting

22. The Avatar ofVishnu in the form ofa fish is called

Kurma Avatar

Matsya Avatar

Varaha Avatar

Kalki Avatar

23. The Dutch artist who most explored the genre of self-portraiture is

Johannes Vermeer

Hans Holbein

Rembrandt

Peter Paul Rubens

24. The famous photographer who was active in Hyderabad during the early 20th Century was

Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Deen Dayal

Raja Raghu Rai

Raja Raja Varma

25. The famous painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was painted by

Pissaro

Poussin

Picasso

Piaget

26. The acclaimed Renaissance work called the Gates of Paradise was made by

Michael Angelo

Bernini

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

27. The modern artist best known for his paper cut outs is

Alexander Calder

Henri Rousseau

Claude Monet

Henri Matisse

28. What are ziggurats?

Tombs built for the Egyptian Pharoahs

Structures built to house the relics of the Buddha

Temple complexes built in the Mesopotamian Region

Islamic prayer halls

29. The Silk Routes of the Ancient World connected

Latin America to Europe

Africa to South Asia

China to the Western World

India to South Asia

30. The large horses made in Tamil Nadu in temples dedicated to the deity Ayyanar are made of

Bronze

Terracotta

Sandstone

Granite

31. The branch of the sacred fig tree from Bodh Gaya that was sent by Emperor Asoka is to be found in

Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka

Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok

Angkor Wat in Cambodia

Borobodur in Indonesia

32. The finest example of Gothic Architecture in France is

Chartres Cathedral near Paris

Church,of Santa Maria, Catalonia

Westminster Abbey

Cologne Cathedral

33. The natural dye that created a political revolution in India during the Colonial Period was

Madder

Myrobalam

Indigo

None ofthe Above

34. The famous Kathak dancer who died recently was

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Girija Devi

Sitara Devi

Begum Akhtar

35. Dakshin Chitra in Chennai is well known as a

A Itliving villagel1 containing various traditional homes of South India

A Dance Gurukulam

Center for Film and Television Studies

An advertising firm

36. Abhigyanam Sakuntala is written by

Sukhdev

Kalidas

None Of the above

Kapiladeva

37. The Buddha that was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 was in

Petra, Jordan

Manila, Phillipines

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Sukhavati, Thailand

38. The Museum that celebrated its hundredth anniversary last year was

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune

Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad

Indian Museum, Kolkata

39. The region of Shekhavati in Rajasthan is famous for

Mosaics

Kantha work

Jade"carving

Mural Painting

40. Itmat-ud-aullah Mosque is located in

Agra

Aurangabad

Allahabad

Ahmedabad

41. The Citrasutra in the Vishnudharmottara Purana is a shastric text on

Epigraphy

Calligraphy

Principles of Art

None of the above

42. The UNESCO Heritage Site Award was given this year in India to

The Queen's Stepwell in Patan

Golconda Fort

Bishnupur

Nagarjunakonda

43. The British-born Indian architect best known for his work in vernacular architecture is

Charles Correa

Laurie Baker

Shankar Kanade

Edward Lutyens

44. Bird in Space is a sculpture made by

Contantin Brancusi

Piet Mondrian

Henry Moore

Kathe Kollwitz

45. Bheemayana is a graphic novel based on the life of

Subhash Chandra Bose

Vinobha Bhave

B RAmbedkar

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

46. The annual largest camel fair in India takes place in

Anand, Gujarat

Kazhiranga, Assam

Thekkady, Kerala

Pushkar, Rajasthan

47. The only temple in which the Dancing Shiva is installed in the main sanctum is in

Kanchipuram

Nachna

Chidambaram

Thiruvanathapuram

48. The artist who made the land work titled Running Fence in America was

Jasper Johns

Hans Hoffman

Christo

Jackson Pollock

49. The concept of uMahapurusha Lakshana" was used during the making of

The Jagannath Idol in Puri

Mathura Buddha

Saptamatrika Sculptures

Images of Khandoba in Maharashtra

50. The famous pilgrimage site to worship the deity Ayyappan is

Kumbh Mela in Allahabad

Sabarimala in Kerala

Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh

Paush Mela in Santiniketan