Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is the author of a commentary on Panini's San grammar.

Key Points

• Patanjali
  • He was an ancient sage of India.
  • He has authored several Sanskrit works.
  • The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text.
  • He has also authored a commentary on Panini’s Sanskrit grammar. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • Patanjali was a great compiler who used all the concepts and practices related to spirituality/spiritual practice available to him and presented the Yogasutra.

Additional Information

• • Thus he was the founder of ‘Systematic Yoga’.
  • He was also called the founder and father of modern Yoga.
  • The author of the Mahabhasaya, an ancient treatise on Sanskrit grammar and linguistics, is based on the Ashtdhayi of Panini.
  • This Patañjali's life is dated to mid 2nd century BCE by both Western and Indian scholars.
  • This text was titled as a bhasya or commentary on Kātyāyana-Pāṇini's work by Patanjali but is so revered in the Indian traditions that it is widely known simply as Maha-Bhasaya or Great commentary.

The correct answer is Surat.

Key Points

• Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat on 12 Dec 2021 inaugurated the 34th edition 'Hunar Haat'.
• Handmade products from over 30 states and Union Territories as well as traditional dishes are available in the 300 stalls in the 34th 'Hunar Haat', with more than 600 artisans and craftsmen participating.

• The next "Hunar Haat" will be organized at Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) Stadium in New Delhi.

Additional Information

• ​In November 2021, "Hunar Haat” received the prestigious India International Trade Fair, 2021 Silver Medal for strengthening commitment to “Vocal for Local”.
• 40th India International Trade Fair 2021 was held in November 2021 at Pragati Maidan.
• On the occasion of the 75th year of Indian Independence, the central government has decided to organise 75 such Hunar Haat across the country.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

In News - 

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the passing away of Padma Shri awardee Ren Sonam Tshering Lepcha.

Important Points

• Ren Sonam Tshering Lepcha, who was born in Kalimpong in 1928, started his career as a soldier.
• He traveled to various parts of Sikkim and complied a wide range of Indian folk and traditional Lepcha songs and played folk music on All India Radio in 1960.
• He was highly revered in Sikkim, where he spent much of his time for his role in the revival of Lepcha culture, which is an indigenous one in Sikkim.
• He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of folk music.

Additional Information

• Lepchas are Mongoloid tribe.
• Their language is an admixture of Nepalese and Sikkims languages, which is very familiar with the Indo-Chinese language.
• They themselves call "Rong".
• Lepchas live on rearing a large number of cattle and milch cows besides cultivation of Agricultural and Horticultural crops. 

Source - 

http://newsonair.com/News?title=PM-Modi-condoles-passing-away-of-Ren-Sonam-Tshering-Lepcha&id=396104

Both the statements are correct. Hence Option 3 is Correct.

Indian philosophy refers to philosophies, world views, and teachings that emerged in ancient India.

The similarity between the Nyaya and Vaisheshika philosophy

• Both systems accept the liberation of the individual self as the end goal.
• Both view ignorance as to the root cause of all pain and misery.
• Both believe that liberation is attained only through right knowledge of reality.
   

The difference between the Nyaya and Vaisheshika philosophy

• Nyaya philosophy accepts four independent sources of knowledge — perception, inference, comparison, and testimony — but Vaisesika accepts only two — perception and inference.
• Nyaya maintains that all of reality is comprehended by sixteen categories (padarthas), whereas vaisesika recognizes only seven categories of reality. These are: dravya (substance), guna (quality), karma (action), samanya (generality), visesa (uniqueness), samavaya (inherence), and abhava (nonexistence). 

The correct answer is Bhavai – Gujarat.

Key Points

• Bhavai is a folk dance popular in Rajasthan.
• The male or female performer balance a number of earthen pots or brass pitchers as they dance nimbly swimming with the soles of their feet first on top of the glass and on the edge of the sword or on the rims of the brass plate during the performance.
• Bhavai is also one of the most colourful performances of the state as the women wear bright coloured Ghaghra cholis and dupattas.
• The men from these communities offer the music to this dance, using string and percussion instruments.

Confusion Points

• Bhavai dance is often misinterpreted from ‘Bhavai’ which is a folk theatre form of Gujarat. 

Additional Information