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    Which of the following is the most important festival celebrated by the Muslim community in India to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year?
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    Muharram is the correct answer.

    It is celebrated as the advent of the Islamic New Year by participating Muslims around the globe.

    It is regarded as a pious and important festival by the community.

    It is one of the four sacred months of the year for Muslims.

    It is the first month of the Islamic calendar and is considered to be highly religious, only coming next to Ramadan.

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    Ishwarchandra vidyasagar set up a school for girls at ______.
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    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar:

    He was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century.

    He founded the Bethune School at Calcutta.

    His notable works: Widow remarriage, women education, introduction of punctuation mark in Bengali language ,against child marriage

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    Bimbavati Devi is an exponent of which Indian dance form?
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    Bimbavati Devi:

    She is an exponent of Manipuri dance form.

    She is a daughter of veteran Manipuri dance exponent Guru Bipin Singh and Kalavati Devi.

    About Manipuri dance form:

    The Manipuri Dance is also referred to as the Manipuri Raas Leela.

    It is one of the eight major Indian classical dance forms.

    It is originating in the state of Manipur.

    The dance form is imbued with the devotional themes of Madhura Raas of Radha-Krishna.

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    Which of the following festivals is known as Vijaya Utsav?
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    About Vijaya Utsav:

    * The Hampi Utsava is also called as Vijaya Utsava.

    * This festival celebrates over week that captures the pomp, splendor, and glory of the Vijayanagara Empire.

    * The backdrop of the Utsava is Hampi and her ruins.

    * The ruins of Hampi is a UNESCO world heritage site in central Karnataka.

    * Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.

    Other festivals:

    * Konark Dance Festival: Odisha

    * Pushkar Fair: Rajasthan

    * Gangasagar Mela: West Bengal

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    The Kuchipudi classical dance is accompanied with which type of music?
    Solutions

    * The Kuchipudi classical dance is accompanied with carnatic type of music.

    About Kuchipudi dance:

    * It is one of the eight major Indian classical dances.

    * This dance form was originatd from a village named Kuchipudi, Andhra Pradesh.

    * The roots of this dance form can be found in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra.

    About carnatic music:

    * It is also known as Karnāaka sagita or Karnaaka sagitam in the South Indian languages.

    * It is a system of music commonly associated with South India.

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