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31. Padma SHRI AWARDEE Gulabo Sapera is a _____ dancer of Rajasthan.
A. Bhaval
B. Terah Taali
C. Kalbella
D. Ghoomar
ANSWER:C.Kalbella
SOLUTION : Padma Shri awardee, Gulabo Sapera is a Kalbelia dancer of Rajasthan.
32. Sharodi Saikia is an exponent of which Indian classical dance form?
A. Sattriya
B. Kuchipudi
C. Bharatanatyam
D. Kathak
ANSWER:A.Sattriya
SOLUTION: Sarodi Saikia (Assamese: শাৰদী শইকীয়া) is an Indian classical dancer, dance teacher and chetar player from Assam. She is best known for her Sattriya dance.
33. Who among the following is first Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner?
A. Padmaja Reddy
B. Yamini Reddy
C. Deepa Sashindran
D. Shantala Shivalingappa
ANSWER:A.Padmaja Reddy
SOLUTION:’Gaddam Padmaja Reddy, a well-known Kuchipudi dancer, received the Padma Shri award in 2022 for her tireless efforts to advance the dance style.
34. Who among the following was popularly called the ‘Ausstralina Mother of Kathakali?
A. Margot
B. Anna Pavlova
C. Yelena Andreyanova
D. Louise Lightfoot
ANSWER:D.Louise Lightfoot
SOLUTION:Australian dancer, choreographer, and dance historian Louise Lightfoot (1902-1979) is known as the “Australian Mother of Kathakali”. She trained with Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey in Europe and the United States, and was a pioneer of modern dance in Australia.
35. Kumudini Lakhia, the founder of Kadamb School of Dance and Music, is a ____ dancer.
A. Bharatanatyam
B. Kathakali
C. Kuchipudi
D. Kathak
ANSWER:D.Kathak
SOLUTION:Kumudini Lakhia (born 17 May 1930) is an Indian Kathak dancer and choreographer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where she founded Kadamb School of Dance and Music, an institute of Indian dance and music in 1967.
36. Laxmipriya Mahapatra was associated with which of the following classical dances of India?
A. Sattriya
B. Kathakali
C. Odissi
D. Kuchipudi
ANSWER:C.Odissi
SOLUTION :Laxmipriya Mohapatra was an Odissi dancer and is credited with being the first to perform the dance form on stage. She and her husband, Kelucharan Mohapatra, are credited with reviving the Odissi dance in the 1940s and 50s.
37. Who among the following Indian dancers was the first woman in Indian dancers was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha?
A. Rukmini Devi Arundale
B. Madhuri Dixit
C. Mallika Sarabhahi
D. Saroj Khan
ANSWER:A.Rukmini Devi Arundale
SOLUTION: Classical Bharatnatyam dancer from Tamil Nadu, Rukmini Devi Arundale became the first woman in India to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1952.
38. Kamala Narayan is known for which classical dance form?
A. Bharatanatyam
B. Kathakali
C. Odissi
D. Kathak
ANSWER:A.Bharatanatyam
SOLUTION:Kamala Narayan is known for Bharatanatyam classical dance form
39. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was conferred the Padma Shri award for his contribution to which form of dance in India.
A. Panthi
B. Saila
C. Chhau
D. Raut Nach
ANSWER:C.Chhau
SOLUTION: Darogha was awarded Padma Shri in 2011 for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of the Seraikela form of Chhau dance. Makar Dhwaja Darogha was an Indian classical dancer and guru, known for his expertise in the classical dance form of Chhau.
40. Famous classical dancer Vidyagauri Adkar is recognised with ____ Gharana of Indian classical form?
A. Alwar
B. Gwalior
C. Banaras
D. Jaipur
ANSWER:D.Jaipur
SOLUTION:Vidyagauri Adkar is a Kathak dancer in India representing the Jaipur Gharana.