General awareness/studies Q & A - Dec 09, 2014

ANSWER: a. National Housing Bank

This bank was set up in 1988 under the National Housing Bank Act of 1987. This bank is a fully owned subsidiary of RBI.

ANSWER: d. Cheraw

In Mizoram, various dances are performed during the festivals. This dance is performed using the bamboo sticks. This dance seems to have a foreign origin

ANSWER: b. Tripura

This dance belongs to the Reang community. The girls performing this dance sometimes place themselves on the earthen pitcher or balance a bottle with a lighted lamp on their head.

ANSWER: a. A long amorous or mystical narrative poem.

All the above meanings refer to various leterary genres of the Urdu poetry. It includes masnavi, qasida, ghazal, marsia, rekhtis and nazm.

ANSWER: b. Amir Khusro

The primitive forms in the Urdu writing is traced to Muhammad Urfi, Amir Khusro, and Muhammad Husaini. Amir Khusro is consided to be one of the best poets of the medieval times

ANSWER: b. Arjun Dev

Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru. Taran Taran is located south of Amritsar. It was built by Arjun Dev. This place is known for the fair held every month

ANSWER: c. Shallow earthen dish used as lamp

It suggests prosperity due to the grace of a Jina, it is one of the eight symbols believed by the jains. These 8 symbols are meant for the upliftment of the soul