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[#761] Karma is a folk dance of which place of Uttar Pradesh?
Correct Answer

(A) Sonbhadra

[#762] Who invented 'Bada Khayal' music style?
Correct Answer

(D) Amir Khusrau

[#763] Which dance is prepared from an episode of love between Radha and Krishna and belongs to Braj region?
Correct Answer

(D) Mayur Dance

Explanation

Solution: Mayur dance is created from an episode of love between Radha and Krishna. This dance belongs to the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh.

[#764] Who founded Rampur Gharana?
Correct Answer

(A) Ustad Inayat Hussain

Explanation

Solution: Rampur-Sahaswan gharana is a gharana (musical heritage) of Hindustani classical music centred in the North-Uttar Pradesh towns of Rampur and Sahaswan. Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849 - 1919) was the founder of this gharana.

[#765] Who formed 'Ashtchhap' in Medieval period?
Correct Answer

(B) Vitthalnath

Explanation

Solution: Ashtchhap was a group of eight devotional poets founded by Mahaprabhu Shri Vallabhacharya Ji and his son Shri Vitthalnath Ji, who sang the various pastimes of Lord Shri Krishna through their various verses and kirtans.