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41. Padma Bhushan awardee Uma Shram is a ____dancer.
A. Bharatanatyam
B. Kathak
C. Kuchipudi
D. Garba
ANSWER: B.Kathak
SOLUTION : Uma Sharma is a famous Indian Kathak dancer. In the city of Delhi, Uma Sharma was born in 1942. She was trained in dance by Guru Hiralalji and Girvar Dayal of the Jaipur Gharana in her early years.
42. The first recipient of the National Award for Best Music Direction was ____ who was honoured for his composition in the Tamil Film Kandan Karunai.
A. K V Mahadevan
B. Vidyasagar
C. Deva
D. Karhik Raja
ANSWER: A.K V Mahadevan
SOLUTION: The first recipient of the award was K. V. Mahadevan who was honoured for his composition in the Tamil film Kandan Karunai (1967).
43. Who among the following won the first National Film Award for Best Choreography in 1992?
A. Saroj Khan
B. Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
C. Vaibhavi Merchant
D. Siamak Davar
ANSWER: B.Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
SOLUTION:Laxmibai Kolhapurkar won the first National Film Award for Best Choreography in 1992. She won the award for her work in the Marathi film Ek Hota Vidushak. Kolhapurkar was also the first woman to win the award.
44. Which of the following classical Bharatanatyam dancers received the honours of Padma Shri in 1981 and Padma Bhushan in 2003?
A. Savitha Sastry
B. Mallika Sarabhai
C. Rukmini Devi
D. Padma Subrahmanyam
ANSWER: D.Padma Subrahmanyam
SOLUTION:Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, teacher, Indologist, and author. She received the honours of Padma Shri in 1981 and Padma Bhushan in 2003.
45. Padma Shri awardee Shobha Naidu was a ____ dancer.
A. Odissi
B. Mohiniyattam
C. Kuchipudi
D. Kathak
ANSWER: C.Kuchipudi
SOLUTION:Sobha Naidu (1956 – 14 October 2020) was among the preeminent Kuchipudi artists of India and a follower of the eminent expert Vempati Chinna Satyam.
46. Pandit Shambhu Maharaj, a classical ____ dancer, was awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1967.
A. Kuchipudi
B. Kathak
C. Odissi
D. Kathakali
ANSWER: B.Kathak
SOLUTION :Pandit Shambhu Maharaj was a classical Kathak dancer who was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1967.
47. Guru Debaprasa Das Awardee Durga Charan Ranbir is a teacher and performer of which of the following classical dance forms?
A. Kathak
B. Kathakali
C. Manipuri
D. Odissi
ANSWER: D.Odissi
SOLUTION: Shri Durga Charan Ranbir was born in 1951 in Kamaguru village in Orissa. A prominent guru of contemporary Odissi is Durga Charan Ranbir. He received his Odissi training from legendary gurus Debaprasad Das and Pankaj Charan Das.
48. Maguni Charan Das was awarded Padma Shri for his contribution to which of the following forms of dances?
A. Gotipua
B. Chhau
C. Jhumair
D. Kharia
ANSWER: A.Gotipua
SOLUTION:The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2004, for his contributions to Gotipua dance.
49. Padma Shri awarde Guru Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair was a dancer of which of the following classical dances of Inida?
A. Mohiniyattam
B. Odissi
C. Kathak
D. Kathakali
ANSWER: D.Kathakali
SOLUTION: Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (1916–2007) was a Kathakali artist from Kerala, India.
50. Pandit Sunder Prasad who was awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1959 was a ____ dancer.
A. Kathakali
B. Odissi
C. Kathak
D. Mohiniyattam
ANSWER: C.Kathak
SOLUTION:Pandit Sunder Prasad was a guru of – Jaipur Gharana of the Indian classical dance form, Kathak. He received his training from his father Pandit Chunnilal of Jaipur Gharana.