DANCE PERSONALITIES
DANCE PERSONALITIES
THEORY + LATEST QUESTIONS SHIVANT SIR
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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES OF BHARATNATYAM
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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES OF KUCHIPUDI
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1. Who among the following is not a famous 7. Which of the following is a classical dance?
dancer of Bharatanatyam?
(a) Kathak/
(a) Rukmani Devi Arundale/
(b) Kathakali/
(b) T. Bala Saraswati/
(c) Odissi/
(c) Yamini Krishnamurthy/
(d) All of the above/
(d) Jhaveri Sisters/ 8. Kelucharan Mohapatra was the exponent of
2. The main center of inspiration of Kathakali is- which of the following categories of dance?
(a) Raja Ravi Varma/ (a) Kuchipudi/
(b) V. Chinna Satyam/ (b) Manipuri/
(c) Mahakavi Baltol/ (c) Bharatnatyam/
(d) Swami Thirunal/ (d) Odisi/
3. Who among the following is related to Kathak 9. 'Mohiniyattam', a traditional dance that
dance style? originated in which state of India?
(a) Gopi Krishna/
(b) Anand Sivaraman/ (a) Assam/
(c) Sonal Man Singh/ (b) West Bengal/
(d) Bharti Shivaji/ (c) Kerala/
4. Who among the following is an excellent dancer (d) Andhra Pradesh/
of Kathak dance?
10. Leela Samson belongs to which classical dance
style?
(a) Allah Rakha/
(b) Raza Reddy/ (a) Bharatnatyam/
(c) Gudai Maharaj/ (b) Kathakali/
(d) Birju Maharaj/ (c) Kuchipudi/
5. Rukmani Devi Arundale is associated with (d) Oddisi/
which form of art?
11. 'Satriya' is the Classical Dance of which state.
(a) Classical singing/
(a) Arunachal Pradesh/
(b) Classical Dance/
(b) Assam/
(c) Singing folk songs/
(c) Rajastan/
(d) None of these/
(d) Bihar/
6. Yamini Krishnamurthy is a renowned dancer of
which classical dance? 12. Mrinalini Sarabhai is related to which classical
dance style?
(a) Bharatanatyam/ (a) Kathak/
(b) Kuchipudi/ (b) Bharatanatyam/
(c) Both of the above/ (c) Odissi/
(d) None of these/ (d) Kuchipudi/
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13. Yamini Krishnamurthy is a renowned dancer of 18. Which of the following dance is related to
which classical dance? Balasaraswati?
(a) Kuchipudi/
(a) Bharatanatyam/ (b) Bharatanatyam/
(b) Kuchipudi/ (c) Kathakali/
(c) Both of the above/ (d) Odissi/
(d) None of these/ 19. Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy are related to
which of the following dances?
14. Sonal Mansingh was awarded the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1987. She is a trained ........
dancer.
(a) Bharatanatyam/
(b) Kuchipudi/
(c) Odyssey/
(a) Manipuri/ (d) Kathakali/
(b) Kuchipudi/ 20. Shobha Naidu passed away in October 2020. In
which year was he awarded the Padma Shri by
(c) Odissi/
the India government?
(d) Bihu/
15. Rukmani Devi Arundale is associated with
which form of art?
(a) 2001
(b) 2003
(a) Classical singing/ (c) 2005
(b) Classical Dance/ (d) 2007
(c) Singing folk songs/ 21. Gaddam Padmaja Reddy was awarded the Padma
Shri in 2022 for his contribution to which of
(d) None of these/ the following dance style?
16. Padma Subramaniam is known for which
classical dance style?
SSC CHSL 2021 (Held On : 26 May 2022 Shift 2)
(a) Bharatanatyam/ (a) Odissi/
(b) Kathak/ (b) Kathak/
(c) Kuchipudi/ (c) Bharatanatyam/
(d) Mohiniyattam/ (d) Kuchipudi/
17. Famous actress Vyjayanthimala Bali is mainly 22. Madhavi Mudgal is related to which classical
related to which dance style? dance of India?
SSC MTS (Held on: 6 July 2022 Shift 2)
(a) Kathak/ (a) Manipuri/
(b) Bharatanatyam/ (b) Kathak/
(c) Kathakali/ (c) Odissi/
(d) Sattriya Dance/ (d) Sattriya/
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23. Who among the following is related to Kathak 27. Which one of the following is not a solo dance?
dance style?
(a) Bharatanatyam/
(a) Gopi Krishna/
(b) Kuchipudi/
(b) Anand Sivaraman/
(c) Odyssey/
(c) Sonal Man Singh/
(d) Kathakali/
(d) Bharti Shivaji/ 28. Which of the following is a dance of God?
24. Which of the following dance style is known as
the saga of the East in India?
(a) Kathakali/
(b) Sattria/
(a) Kathakali/ (c) Mohiniyattam/
(b) Kuchipudi/ (d) Kuchipudi/
(c) Mohiniattam/ 29. Who among the following was awarded the
Padma Shri in 2021 for keeping the tribal dance
(d) Kathak/ form (Gusadi alive)?
25. The Jhaveri sisters (Darshana, Nayana, Ranjana,
and Suvarna) are related to which genre of
classical dance?
(a) Birju Maharaj
(b) Arpana Satisan
(a) Odissi/
(b) Manipuri/
(c) Kanaka Raju
(c) Kathak/
(d) Kathakali/
(d) Lachhu Maharaj
26. Which of the following dance form is known as
Sadir?
30. Which Classical Dance Uses Masks ?
(a) Kathakali/ (a) Satriya/
(b) Bharatanatyam/ (b) Bharatanatyam/
(c) Kuchipudi/ (c) Odissi/
(d) Narrator/ (d) Kathakali/
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