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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
Topic:[APFC] Culture & Heritage: Indian architecture, Indian painting, Indian dance & music, Indian handicrafts, religion & philosophy, fairs & festivals, UNESCO world heritage sites, famous archaeologists.28 PYQs
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EPFO APFC - General Ability Test
6 shown2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.25
Which of the following statements about Bharata's Natyashastra is/are correct?
1
It is dated by scholars between the second century BCE and the second century CE.
2
It analyses theatrical spectacle as an amalgam of speech, vocal and instrumental music, gesture, mime, etc.
3
The ground it covers is less extensive than Aristotle's Poetics, its nearest ancient Greek counterpart.
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.26
Who amongst the following discovered the rock art of Bhimbetka ?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.27
Which of the following is the correct chronological order in the evolution of Indian painting (starting with the earliest) ? 1. Mahajanaka Jataka, Ajanta 2. Bhimbetka rock art 3. Royal portrait, Sittannavasal cave 4. Heavenly musicians, Brihadishvara temple Select the answer using the codes given below :
1
Mahajanaka Jataka, Ajanta
2
Bhimbetka rock art
3
Royal portrait, Sittannavasal cave
4
Heavenly musicians, Brihadishvara temple
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.28
Which one among the following temples in India is referred to as the "Black Pagoda" ?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.29
Which of the following statements with reference to Mahayana (Buddhism) is/are correct?
1
Female deities are benevolent saviours and protectors who embody Buddhist virtues.
2
In Prajñāpāramitā texts, knowledge is visualised in feminine form, as a deity called Prajñaparamita.
3
Prajñaparamita is described as the source of the omniscience of all the Buddhas and the mother of all the Buddhas.
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2025•EPFO APFC•General Ability Test•Q.111
Shri Jatin Goswami, a Padma Bhushan awardee in the year 2025, is an exponent of which one of the following dance forms?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementEasy
EPFO APFC - General Studies
10 shown2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.21
21. Which
one
among
the
following
observations pertaining to the works of
Nineteenth-Twentieth Century archae-
ologists is not correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.22
22. Which one of the following was an
important contributing factor in the
rise of Magadha as the most powerful
Mahajanapada between the Sixth and
the Fourth Centuries BCE?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.23
23. Which
one
among
the
following
statements about the Kailashanatha
temple at Ellora is not correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.24
24. Which one of the following statements
about ancient Indian pottery is correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.62
62. Kautilya in his Arthashastra describes
the availability of varieties of pearls
from the
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.63
63. Which one of the following pairs of
Dynasty and King of the Vijayanagara
Empire is not correctly matched?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.64
64. 'Vengi', the capital city of the Eastern
Chalukyas, is identified with which one
of the following places?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.65
65. Who among the following was the first
elected King of the Pala Dynasty in
Kamarupa?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementHard
2016•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.12
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
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2016•EPFO APFC•General Studies•Q.13
Which of the following statements are correct in respect of 'Stridhana'?
1
Various types of movable property gifted to a woman on various occasions during her lifetime.
2
Various types of movable property gifted to a woman at the time of her first marriage.
3
On the woman's death, this wealth could be inherited by her children and husband.
4
On the woman's death, this wealth could be inherited by her natural legally adopted children, with none of the sons-in-law, having any claim on any part thereof.
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
EPFO EO/AO - General Ability Test
4 shown2021•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.71
Which one of the following does 'Nirguna Bhakti' refer to?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementEasy
2021•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.72
What did Ain-i-Akbari seek to promote within the frontiers of the Mughal State?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2017•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.33
Who was the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2017•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test•Q.35
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the Mughal chronicles?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium