QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC , 28 July 2021 – Art and Culture – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: c)

The Xorai, a manufactured bell metal product is one of the traditional symbols of Assam, which is considered as an article of great respect by the people of Assam.

Solution: a)

Aryabhatta in around 499 A.D. wrote Aryabhattiya in which the concepts of mathematics as well as astronomy were explicitly mentioned.

Brahmagupta in the 7th century AD in his book Brahmasputa Siddhantika mentioned Zero for the first time as a number. In his book, he also introduced negative numbers and described them as debts and positive numbers as fortunes.

Solution: b)

The Thousand Pillar Temple or Rudreswara Swamy (Ramappa) Temple is a historic Hindu temple located in Telangana.

UNESCO inscribed the 13th-century Ramappa temple in Telangana as a World Heritage Site.

An inscription dates it to 1213 and says it was built by a Kakatiya General Recherla Rudra Reddy, during the period of the Kakatiya ruler Ganapati Deva. “Ramappa is the main Shiva temple in a larger walled temple complex, which includes several smaller temples and structures,”

It is built of sandstone with decorated beams and pillars of carved granite and dolerite. The inner sanctum is made of lightweight porous bricks. The sculptures, especially bracket figures, have their lustre intact.

Solution: d)

In the field of geology, hydrology and ecology, the contribution of Varahamihira cannot be forgotten. He lived in the Gupta period and was among the nine gems in the court of Vikramaditya. His predictions were so accurate that king Vikramaditya awarded him with the title of “Varaha”.

The earth cloud theory was also propounded by him in his book Brihat Samhita. He related earthquake to the influence of plants, behaviour of animals, underground water, undersea activities and the unusual cloud formation. He also made contributions in Astrology or Jyotish shastra.

Solution: b)

• Most Kathakali recitals are a grand representation of the eternal conflict between good and evil.
• It draws its themes from the stories narrated in the epics and the puranas.
• It is also called as the ‘ballad of the east’. Kathakali is essentially an all-male troupe performance.