This article of Art and Culture Current Affairs 2024 MCQ with Answers is a complete mcqs to help candidates who prepare for competitive exams like JKSSB, SSC, UPSC and other state and national exams. The book concentrates on the latest happenings in the fields of art, culture, and heritage in India, as well as worldwide in 2024. It contains MCQs along with answers and explanations. It is structured keeping the aim of betterment in understanding the important cultural events government initiative, historical events and relevant personalities. Therefore it proves to be a very useful tool for effective exam preparation.
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Here are the Top 20 Current Affairs on Art and Culture 2024
Q1. Recently Which city received World Craft City Certificate ?
A. Srinagar
B. Agra
C. Chennai
D. Tirupati
Ans : A
SRINAGAR : Capital Of Jammu Kashmir
- Became → 4
th World Craft City Of India - Awarded By : World Crafts Council
Other Cities
Mysore → Karn
Jaipur – Rajasthan
Mamallapuram → Tamil Nadu
Q2. Charaideo Moidams Is Located In Which State?
A. Assam
B. West Bengal
C. Tripura
D. Manipur
Ans : A
Charaideo Moidams: Burial sites Of
Ahom Kingdom
- Located In → Assam
- Why In News : 43rd UNESCO World Heritage
Of India
42nd → Hoysala Temples (Karnataka)
41st → Santiniketan (WB)
Q3. World’s First Om-Shaped Temple Inaugurated in which state?
A. Bihar
B. UP
C. Rajasthan
D. Kerala
Ans : C
Location : Pali, Rajasthan
Temple Name → ‘Om Akar’ Temple
(Nagara Style)
Q4. Shompen Tribe, recently in the news, primarily resides in which region?
A. Diu Island
B. Netrani Island
C. Lakshadweep Island
D. Great Nicobar Island
Ans : D
SHOMPEN : Particularly Vulnerable
Tribal Group
Population → 229 (Census 2011)
Why In News : Cast Their 1st Lok Sabha
Election vote
Q5. Recently Neolithic Child Burial Site Unearthed in which state ?
A. Odisha
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Gujarat
D. Goa
Ans : B
Discovered by : University of Madras
researchers
- Location : Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu
Neolithic Period (New Stone Age)
Imp Neolithic sites in India → Burzahom
(Kashmir), Chirand (Bihar, Edakkal caves
(Kerala)
Time Period : 10,000–4,500 BCE
Q6. Who has unveiled Bronze Statue of Ahom General Lachit Borphukan ?
A. Amit Shah
B. PM Modi
C. Rajnath Singh
D. None
Ans : B
Location : Jorhat, Assam
- Designed by : Ram Vanji Sutar
- Height : 125 Feet
Led by : Lachit Borphukan
Lachit Borphukan : Army commander of the
→ Ahom kingdom (1228-1826)
Battle of Saraighat (1671)
Between : Mughal Empire & Ahom Kingdom
Q7. BAPS Mandir Has Been Constructed In Which Of The Following Country?
A. UAE
B. USA
C. UK
D. France
Ans : A
BAPS – Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar
Purushottam Swaminarayan
Sanstha
Area: 27 acres
Location : Abu Dhabi, UAE
Q8. Which city Has Been named as India’s first City of Literature by UNESCO?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Kozhikode
D. Agra
Ans : C
Kozhikode : City Of Kerala → India’s 1st City Of
Literature By UNESCO
Also City of Music → Gwalior (MP)
Q9. World’s tallest Ambedkar statue Has Been Unveiled in Which State?
A. Gujarat
B. Haryana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. UP
Ans : C
Name : Statue of Social Justice
Height → 206 Feet
Location : Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Q10. 10th century Kadamba inscription written in Kannada & Sanskrit
found in which State?
A. Goa
B. Manipur
C. Karnataka
D. TN
Ans : A
Found In : Mahadeva Temple at
Cacoda @ Goa
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Q11. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid Is Being Built In Which State?
A. Gujarat
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Goa
D. Maharashtra
Ans : B
Location → Ayodhya (UP)
Site Area → 5 Acres
Supreme Court → Designated site
following the verdict related to the
Ayodhya dispute case
Q12. Which State granted ST (Schedule Tribe) status to Hatti community
A. Uttarakhand
B. Goa
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. UP
Ans : C
Hattis: close-knit community → That got
their name from their tradition of selling
homegrown vegetables, crops, meat
Q13. World’s 2nd Largest Hindu Temple outside India Inaugurated in
which Country?
A. UK
B. UAE
C. France
D. USA
Ans : D
Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple :
World’s 2
nd Largest Hindu Temple
Located@ → Cambodia
Angkor Wat: World’s Largest Hindu
Temple
Q14. Which State’s Dhordo Village Has Been Awarded UNWTO’s Best
Tourism Village 2023?
A. Odisha
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Tripura
Ans : B
Awarded By : UN World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO)
UNWTO
Headquarters : Madrid, Spain
Founded : 1946
Q15. Hoysala Temples Is Located In Which Of The Following State?
A. Kerala
B. Assam
C. Gujarat
D. Karnataka
Ans : D
Hoysala Temples → Became 42nd UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
3 Hoysala Temples
- Chennakesava Temple → At Belur
- Kesava Temple → Somnathpur
- Hoysaleswara Temple → Halebidu
Built In : 1121 CE (By – King Vishnuvardhana Of
Hoysala Empire)
Q16. Which Of The Following Became India’s 41st World Heritage Site?
A. Santiniketan
B. Gol Ghar
C. Sun Temple
D. Satpura TR
Ans : A
Santiniketan : Cultural And Educational Hub
- Founded By : Rabindranath Tagore
- Location : Birbhum Dist (WB)
- Santiniketan : 41st UNESCO World Heritage Site
3rd Heritage Site In WB → After Sundarbans National
Park & Darjeeling Mountain Railway
Q17. Kui Language is spoken In Which Of The Following State?
A. Gujarat
B. Goa
C. Haryana
D. Odisha
Ans : D
Kui Language : South-Eastern Dravidian
Language
- Spoken By → Kandhas Tribes @ Odisha
Why In News
Odisha Govt : Recommended To Include →
Kui language @ → 8th Schedule Of The
Constitution
Q18. India’s biggest Natural Arch has been discovered in which state?
A. Haryana
B. Bihar
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat
Ans : C
Discovered By : Geological Survey of
India (GSI)
Dates Back : 184 M Years Ago (Jurassic
Period)
Located In → Sundargarh District
(Odisha)
Q19. Hare Krishna Heritage Tower Is Being Built In Which State?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Goa
C. UP
D. Telangana
Ans : D
Hare Krishna Heritage Tower
Foundation Stone By : Telengana CM → K.
Chandrasekhar Rao
Will Be Built In → Hyderabad (Telangana)
It Includes → Temples of Sri Sri Radha Krishna
& Sri Venkateswara Swamy
Q20. Tungnath Temple Is Located In Which State?
A. Odisha
B. Guajrat
C. Uttrakhand
D. Bihar
Ans : C
Why In News : Recently Central Govt
Declared ‘Tungnath Temple’ → A ‘National
Monument’
‘Tungnath Temple’ → Shiva Temple
Creator : PANDAVAS
Located → Rudraprayag Dist (UK)
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