EPFO APFC 2016 • General Studies • Q.12

EPFO APFC • General Studies • 2016 • Q.12

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A branch of scholarship that flourished in Europe, particularly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was devoted to the appreciation, chronicling and classification of historic and non-organic relics, monuments and old texts refers to

2016 EPFO APFC • General Studies

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Syllabus Connection

Culture & Heritage: Indian architecture, Indian painting, Indian dance & music, Indian handicrafts, religion & philosophy, fairs & festivals, UNESCO world heritage sites, famous archaeologists. (APFC)

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