Insights Static Quiz -176, 2018 –Art and Culture

Solution: a)

• Shruti describes the sacred texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism viz. Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, & Upanishads.
• Smiriti literally means “that which is remembered,” and it is entire body of the post Vedic

Classical Sanskrit literature. It comprises Vedanga, Shad darsana, Puranas, Itihasa, Upveda, Tantras, Agamas, Upangs. There is another post Vedic class of Sanskrit literature called Epics which includes Ramayana and Mahabharta.

• However, there is not a distinct divide between Shruti and Smriti. Both Shruti and Smriti can be represented as a continuum, with some texts more canonical than others.

      Solution: c)

• The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were composed by Tamil poets, both men and women, from various professions and classes of society.
• Sangam Poems falls into two categories: the ‘inner field’ (Agam), and the ‘outer field'(Puram) as described even in the first available Tamil grammar, the Tolkappiyam.
• The ‘inner field’ topics refer to personal or human aspects, such as love and sexual relationships, and are dealt with in a metaphorical and abstract manner.
• The ‘outer field’ topics discuss all other aspects of human experience such as heroism, valour, ethics, benevolence, philanthropy, social life, and customs.

Solution: a)

• According to Jain doctrine, the universe and its constituents—soul, matter, space, time, and principles of motion—have always existed. All the constituents and actions are governed by universalnatural laws.

Solution: a)

• Todi should be performed in the late morning.
• Raga Bhopali should be sung after sunset.
• Bhimpalasi should be sung in late Afternoon.
• Raga Darbari is played deep into the night, considered to be one of the more difficult to master. Raga Darbari is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into North Indian music by Miyan Tansen, the 16th-century composer in Emperor Akbar’s court.

Solution: b)

• The main architectural features of Odisha temples are classified in three orders, i.e., rekhapida, pidhadeul and khakra.
• The temples of Odisha constitute a distinct substyle within the nagara order. In general, here the shikhara, called deul in Odisha, is vertical almost until the top when it suddenly curves sharply inwards.
• Deuls (part of the word pidhadeul) are preceded, as usual, by mandapas called jagamohana in Odisha.