Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Assam.

Key Points

• Bihu is a popular dance form of Assam.
• It is performed in a group by both men and women.
• There is primarily three Bihu festival that is popular in Assam namely kongali Bihu, Rongali Bihu and Bhogali Bihu.
• The Bihu dance is performed during the Rongali Bihu.
• Rongali Bihu is the merriest of all the Bihu festivals it marks the beginning of the spring season.

Additional Information

• Cheraw dance is a traditional dance form of Mizoram.
• Gambhira dance is a traditional dance form of West Bengal.
• Jata-Jatin is a traditional dance form of Bihar.

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• Ellora caves with inaccessible hills dated back to 6001000 AD.
• The caves of Ellora Elephanta were built by the Rashtrakuta rulers, they have been built by cutting the walls of high basalt steep rock walls.
• There are about 34 caves which are located 30 km away from the district in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state,
• These are declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
• There is also a holy place dedicated to the three religions Hindu, Buddhist and Jain.
• These caves have unique artistic images, public and technical excellence spread all over the world.

The correct answer is Ustad Bismillah Khan

Important Points

• Ustad Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 in Dumraon village, Bihar.
• He settled in Varanasi with his father Prophet Bakhsh Khan at a very young age.
• Bismillah Khan was awarded the "Bharat Ratna" in 2001 by the Government of India.
• Ustad Bismillah Khan played the clarinet from the Red Fort when the country became independent in 1947.
• He died on 21 August 2006 at the age of 90.
• Anant Lal was a famous shehnai player from the Banaras Gharana.
• Pandit Ram Sahay was the shehnai player of the Banaras Gharana and was a royal musician in the court of Nawab Asafuddaula of Lucknow.
• Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan was a famous shehnai player. He was awarded the 'Bangbhushan Award' by the Government of Bengal.

Vikramshila University was founded by Dharampal.

• Vikramshila was one of the important Buddhist monasteries in India during the Pala Empire.
• It was established by the great Pala emperor, Dharmapala during 8-9 CE.
• It is located in Antichik village of Bhagalpur district Bihar.
• It was built due to the decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.

Additional Information

• It was excavated by B.P. Sinha and later by Archaeological Survey of India.
• It is a huge monastery with a stupa in the center.
• It was laid upon more than one hundred acres of land.
• It was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193.

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