Fine Arts

Fine Arts

No. Question Answer 01 The Persian epic Shahnama was written by Firdausi 02 Mohenjadaro literally means Mound of Corpes 03 The Classic "Measure for Measure"was written by William Shakespeare 04 The composer of Geet Govind was Jayadev 05 By the middle of the 1st century,the city that was famous for fine arts was Pataliputra 06 The first Cartoonist to win the B.D.Goenka Award was R.K.Laxman 07 The magazine started by M.Karunanidhi was Murasoli 08 Shakespeare's last play was The Tempest 09 Bismillah Khan is a famous Musician 10 Bismillah Khan specialises in Shahnai Vadan 11 The famous museum located in Hyderabad is Salarjung 12 Vinoba Bhave,author,started a famous movement known as Bhoodan Movement 13 Geetha Pravachan in Marathi was written by Vinoba Bhave 14 The ancient Buddhist University Nalanda was located in the state of Bihar 15 The architectural style in which Taj Mahal is built is Indo persian 16 Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for his book Gitanjali 17 Tamil Ramayanam was authoblack by Kambar 18 The oldest collection of stories in India is Kathasaritsagara 19 The instrument played by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is Sarod 20 The Biography of Dr.Samuel Johnson was written by James Bosewell 21 Subramanya Bharthi was a noted Poet 22 K.V.Subbabba,who won the Magsaysay Award was from Heggodu,Karnataka 23 The heroine of the film `Cleopatra' was Elizabeth Taylor 24 "Bhagvatgeet"the movie which won the Lotus Award was made in which Language Sanskrit 25 The only Indian actor to have received the Oscar award is Satyajit Ray 26 Bhimsen Joshi is associated with Hindustani Music 27 The B.C.Roy National Award for the year 1981 was received by Dr.Harindranath Chattopadhyaya 28 National Anthem of India was written by Rabindranath Tagore 29 The first film of Ashok Kumar was Jeevanayya 30 The dancer who,inspite of losing one leg,dances and acts in films is Sudha Chandran 31 The studio owned by Raj Kapoor and his family is R.K.Studios 32 The author cum adventurer Thomas Edward Lawrence was famous for Lawrence of Arabia 33 William Wordsworth was also known as Nature's Poet 34 Robert Benchley acted in the film Author 35 A comedian who insublack his nose for Ten lakh dollars was Jimmy Durant 36 The earlier name of film star Devanand was Dharam Devanand 37 The real name of Dilip kumar is Yusuf Khan 38 Bala Gandharva was a famous Stage actor 39 Bala Gandharva was so named by Bal Gangadhar Tilak 40 The lead role in Tamil film Nayakan was played by Kamala Hasan 41 Hollywood is located in California,USA 42 The book `Life Divine' was written by Aurobindo 43 The editor of the book `Indian Cartoons' is Abu Abraham 44 Canterbury Tales was written by Chaucer 45 Orthography means the art of Correct Spelling 46 The book "Mad,Mad,Mad,World of Indian Cinema" was written by K.A.Abbas 47 The National Gallery of Modern Art is located at New Delhi 48 "Les miserables" was written by Victor Hugo 49 The first opera ever performed was Persi Dafni 50 The word "Opera" means Works 51 Henrik Isben's first play was Catalina 52 The only comedy written by Jean Racine was Les Plaideurs 53 `Rip Van Wrinkle' was written by Washington Irwing 54 The 1995 Jnana Peeth Award was won by M.T.Vasudevan Nair 55 The 1997 Booker Prize was won by Arundathi Roy 56 "Love's Labour Lost"was a play by Shakespeare 57 The Roman Magsaysay Award 1997 was won by Mahasweta Devi 58 The collection of Short Stories entitled "Mortal Coils" was written by Aldous Hexley 59 The play "Enemy of the People" was written by Hensik Isben 60 The first cinema theater was established at Pittsberg,Pensylvania 61 The first cinema theater was established in the year 1905 AD 62 In the play `Macbeth',the king of Scotland is Duncan 63 Kesari,a Marathi daily was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak 64 The one eyed giant who appeablack in Greek mythology was Cyclops 65 "Ajax" was written by Sophocles 66 "Antigone" was written by Sophocles 67 "Aparajito", a Bengali film, was directed by Satyajit Ray 68 The Piano was discoveblack by Guidod Arezzo 69 Sense and Sensibility,was written by Jane Austin 70 Rabindranath Tagore was popularly known as Gurudev 71 The author who used a new pen every time he sat down to write a poem was Alexander Dumas 72 The French author who could work only in a darkened room was Emil Zola 73 The writer who was known as the `Wizard of the North' was Walter Scott 74 The noble prize winning novel "The Good Earth" was written by Pearl S.Buck 75 Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck,the cartoon characters were created by Walt Disney 76 Pablo Picasso was from Spain 77 The Comic Character "Tarzan"was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs 78 Bernard Shaw wrote the "Far Fetched Fables" at the age of 93 years 79 The first full-length feature film was The Great Train Robbery 80 The first full-length feature film was made in the year 1903 AD 81 The Tansen Awards are given to Musicians 82 The Character 1Gulliver' was created by Jonathan Swift 83 Gulliver's first name was Lumuel 84 Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stevenson 85 The person who is known as father of Carnatic Classical music is Purandaradasa 86 `King Solomon's Ring' was written by konard Lorenz 87 The town which is known as the home of violin making is Cremona,Italy 88 Wilkie Collins was a famous Author 89 Raghuvamsu was written by Kalidasa 90 `The Lady of the Lake' was written by Walter Scott 91 The final book Caesar's Gallic War was written by Aulus Whiskers 92 The `Riddle of the Sands' was written by Robert Erskine Childers 93 The Highest National Award given every year to the best book in india is Jnanapith Award 94 John Masefield was a famous Poet 95 The title of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography was My Experiments with Truth 96 `Malgudi Days' was written by R.K.Narayan 97 `Guide' was written by R.K.Narayan 98 The Novel `Moon and Six Pence' was written by W.S.Maugham 99 `Kanthapura' was written by Raja Rao 100 `Das Capital' was written by Karl Marx 101 Arabian Nights was translated into Sanskrit by Jagadbandu Pandit 102 The first recipient of Bharatiya Gnanpith Award was G.Shankara Kurup 103 The language in which Samuel Becket wrote most of his plays was French 104 Dr.Masti Venkatesha Iyenger won the Gnanpith Award for his book Chikaveerarajendra 105 The famous singer who collapsed and died on the stage during a performance was Leonard Warren 106 `A thing of beauty is joy forever' was said by Keats 107 The 1966 Gnanpith Award was won by Tara Shankar Nandopadhyaya 108 The 1967 Gnanpith Award was won by Uma Shankar Joshi & Dr.K.V.Puttappa 109 The 1968 Gnanpith Award was won by Sumitra Nandhanpant 110 In 1982,Arun Shourie won the Ramon Magsaysay 111 The Music instrument that Ravishankar plays is Sitar 112 Anandmath was written by Bankim chandra 113 The Classic `Around the World in 80 days' was written by Jules Verne 114 Babar's Autobiography "Babarnama" is written in the language Turkish 115 Who is consideblack as the most famous playwright in English after William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw 116 The popular comedian Charlie Chaplin was from Britain 117 Panchatanra was written by Vishnu Sharma 118 The world's smallest theatre Picolo is in Hamburg,West Germany 119 The seating capacity of the World's smallest theatre Picolo is Thirty 120 The first Russian author to receive the Nobel Prize was Ivan Atseyevich 121 The Heroine of the famous classic `Gone with the Wind' was Sarlet O'Hara 122 The title of Dr.Salim Ali's autobiography is Fall of Sparrow 123 The first actress of Indian screen was Kamalabai Gokhale 124 Tansen,the famous musician was once defeated by another musician whose name was Baiju Bawra 125 Pablo Picasso derived his surname from His mother 126 The 1992 Bhartiya Gnanpith Award was won by Naresh Mehta 127 The 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke Award was won by Kavi Pradeep 128 The Three Musketeers was written by Alexander Dumas 129 Sarojini Naidu is more popularly known as Nightingale of India 130 The author of the book `Cricket My style' was Kapil Dev 131 The book "Unto this Last" was written by John Ruskin 132 K.L. Saigal was a famous Singer 133 Bharat natyam originated in Tamilnadu 134 Late Mahadevi Verma received the Jnanpith Award for her book Yama 135 The recipient of the Dada Saheb phalke Award for 1997 was Shivaji Ganesan 136 The first novel written by R.K.Narayan was Swami & his friends 137 The lady who is Story writer,film actress,film Producer,singer,film director and music Director and who hails from Andhra Pradesh is P.Bhanumathi 138 Father and son who won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award was Prithvi Raj Kapoor & Raj Kapoor 139 `Life of Mahatma Gandhi' was written by Louis Fisher 140 The instrument used by Amir Khusro was Sarod 141 The real name of the famous writer Mark Twain is Samuel Clemens 142 Harsha Charita was written by Bana Bhatta 143 the full name of R.K.Narayan was Rasipuram Krishna Swamy Ayyar Narayan