2014 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2014 · GS Paper I

Question 88: History and Culture

Consider the following pairs :

1.GarbaGujarat
2.MohiniattamOdisha
3.YakshaganaKarnataka

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

a1 only
b2 and 3 only
c1 and 3 only
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).

Garba is the folk dance of Gujarat, and Yakshagana is a traditional theatre form of Karnataka, so pairs 1 and 3 are right. Mohiniattam is a classical dance of Kerala, not of Odisha, whose classical dance is Odissi. So the answer is 1 and 3 only.

  • 1. Garba is a dance of Gujarat.
  • 2. Mohiniattam is a classical dance of Kerala, not Odisha.
  • 3. Yakshagana is a theatre form of Karnataka.
Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Wrong. Yakshagana is also correctly matched to Karnataka.
  • (b) Wrong. Mohiniattam is from Kerala, not Odisha.
  • (c) Right. Garba is from Gujarat and Yakshagana from Karnataka.
  • (d) Wrong. Mohiniattam is from Kerala.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2014, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.