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Post NameJUNIOR LECTURER IN DRAWING AND PAINTING
DepartmentCOLLEGIATE EDUCATION
Question Paper Code089/2017/OL
Category Code266/2014
Date of Test7 November 2017
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Who appoints judges in High Court of India?
Answer
A. President
2
Minimum age to become Governor of a State?
Answer
B. 35
3
Minimum age to become member of Lok Sabha?
Answer
C. 25
4
Who is the guardian of Constitution?
Answer
D. Supreme Court
5
Who is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
Answer
D. Vice President
6
The date of starting of First Five Year Plan
Answer
C. April 1, 1951
7
World Heritage Day
Answer
B. April 18
8
The original name of Thycaud Ayya
Answer
A. Subbarayar
9
Who is known as Lincoln of Kerala?
Answer
A. Pandit K.P. Karuppan
10
Who wrote Advaitha Chintha Padhathi?
Answer
B. Chattampi Swamikal
11
Nivarthana Agitation was in which year?
Answer
C. 1932
12
Father of Malayalam printing
Answer
D. Benjamin Bailey
13
First name of Nair Service Society
Answer
B. Nair Bhrityajana Sangham
14
Leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha
Answer
C. K. Kelappan
15
Who founded Vala Samudaya Parishkarini Sabha?
Answer
C. Pandit K.P. Karuppan
16
Who is the author of the book - "Chorayum Kanneerum Nananja Vazhikal"?
Answer
D. K. Devayani
17
The feminist Malayalam writer who wrote the work "Purushanmar Ellatha Lokam"?
Answer
A. K. Saraswathi Amma
18
The famous drama of Edassery
Answer
A. Koottukrishy
19
The author of Uttara Swayamvaram attakkatha
Answer
D. Erayimmen Thampi
20
First novel in Malayalam language
Answer
B. Kundalatha
21
An ancient Egyptian carvings of drawings are called __________.
Answer
C. Hieroglyphic
22
Amphitheatre - the architectural form was originated by the ancient __________.
Answer
C. Greek
23
The very first work of visual art created in the Indian subcontinent is seen in _________.
Answer
A. Bhimbetka
24
Dhokra metal images of Bastar is situated in which part of India?
Answer
D. Central India
25
Motifs and motif components of Kharak wall drawings are found in which part of India?
Answer
B. Saurashtra
26
Mandala painting from the dome in ancient India depicts which icons?
Answer
A. Buddha
27
Kalpa-sutra manuscript depicted which paintings?
Answer
C. Jain
28
Which school of Indian miniature painting deals with musical sentiments?
Answer
D. Ragamala
29
What is the fundamental theory associated with Classical Indian Visual Art?
Answer
C. Vishnudharmotharapurana
30
In which part of Kerala, the traditional leather puppet show prevailed?
Answer
B. Palakkad
31
What is the fundamental difference between Eastern & Western visual art?
Answer
D. Line
32
Where did Raja Ravivarma started Oleograph printing press?
Answer
B. Lonavala
33
Who was the famous artist who created black and white linocut print of Gandhiji during Indian freedom fight?
Answer
B. Nandalal Bose
34
'Unity in diversity' - the motif of Indian national culture is seen in which painting of Raja Ravivarma?
Answer
C. A Galaxy of Musicians
35
Name the technique used to transform photograph to lithography
Answer
C. Photolithography
36
The term 'romantic naturalism' is most appropriate to which artist's works?
Answer
D. Abanindranath Tagore
37
'Vriksharopan' : celebrating the flow of life, was conducted by __________ in Santiniketan.
Answer
C. Ravindranath Tagore
38
Name the Cholamandalam artist whose experimental work is 'Words and Symbols'
Answer
A. K.C.S. Panickar
39
The graphic work series of 'Falling Clown' is created by __________.
Answer
B. Krishna Reddy
40
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' - the representational art project grips the ethical over the semiotic game-plan offered in postmodern art in India. Which artist's work is being articulated here by critic Geetha Kapur?
Answer
A. Surendran Nair
41
Name the figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles.
Answer
B. Hexagram
42
Needle work in which small pieces of cloth in different designs are sewn together to form one article is called ___________.
Answer
C. Patch work
43
Name the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures
Answer
B. Origami
44
What does the Greek word 'lithos' stands for?
Answer
B. Stone
45
___________ is a form of wall painting in which pigment is mixed with water and plaster.
Answer
D. Fresco
46
___________ is a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance.
Answer
A. Gouache
47
Which Renaissance Artist is famous for his works in Vatican's Sistine Chapel?
Answer
C. Michelangelo
48
A painted puppet worked by strings
Answer
D. marionette
49
__________ is a painting technique in which there are no harsh outlines present.
Answer
B. Sfumato
50
Name the great Dutch artist whose etching and portrait works is appreciated along with painting in seventeenth century.
Answer
A. Rembrandt
51
In Renaissance time nativity is related with ____________.
Answer
A. Birth of Christ
52
Name the Artist brothers in the 15th century who illustrate calendar months with pictures of the changing occupations like sowing, hunting and harvesting.
Answer
C. Limbourg brothers
53
For an artist, there are three primary colours. They are __________.
Answer
A. Yellow, blue, red
54
Mark out the secondary colour for a Visual artist.
Answer
A. Pink
55
Name the prophet of the Northern Renaissance, who was famous for woodcut and copper engravings.
Answer
D. Albrecht Durer
56
'The Birth of Venus' was a famous work by
Answer
D. Botticelli
57
The Baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th century continental Europe with asymmetrical pattern is ___________.
Answer
C. Rococo
58
The most important painter of Northern Romanticism is __________.
Answer
A. Casper David Friedrich
59
The forerunner of the method of perspective in painting
Answer
D. Paolo Uccello
60
Name the artist who is known for Mount Fuji series of wood-cut works.
Answer
C. Hokusai
61
Name the ink used in Lithography
Answer
D. Tusche ink
62
'Wounds' series of graphic works were created by the artist ___________.
Answer
C. Somnath Hore
63
'Words and Symbols' - the famous painting series was created by which artist?
Answer
D. K.C.S. Panicker
64
Which artist wrote 'Moving Focus'?
Answer
C. K.G. Subrahmaniyan
65
The installation work 'Far Away from One Hundred and Eight Feet' was created by the sculptor _____________.
Answer
D. N.N. Rimzon
66
__________ was an artistic movement that drew inspiration from the simplicity of every day life, with an impression of what they saw.
Answer
C. Impressionism
67
Name the first Impressionist artist who developed Pointillism.
Answer
A. Georges Seurat
68
_________ attempted to free colour from its representational purpose and used it as an expression of feeling.
Answer
C. Fauvist
69
Name the art movement associated with Marcel Duchamp.
Answer
B. Dadaism
70
__________ was a movement originated by Picasso and Braque.
Answer
A. Cubism
71
Which is the concept that distorts the representation of reality to express an inner vision?
Answer
B. Expressionism
72
Surrealist painter Salvador Dali was greatly impressed by which genius?
Answer
B. Sigmund Freud
73
Name the artist of the well known painting 'Gleaners', which depict the dignity of labour.
Answer
A. Millet
74
Name the German woman artist, who felt so strongly about human suffering, poverty, violence and down-trodden situations.
Answer
C. Kathe Kollwitz
75
The Swiss great artist Paul Klee was a prominent member in _________.
Answer
D. Bauhaus
76
'Bauhaus' is founded by a German who was against Nazi dictatorship. Name the artist.
Answer
A. Walter Gropius
77
Name the artist who studied the colour schemes of Oriental carpets and North African scenery and developed a colorist movement called "Le Fauves".
Answer
D. Matisse
78
__________ used discarded bus tickets, newspaper cuttings, rags and other odd things glued together to form a new visual language.
Answer
A. Kurt Schwitters
79
Name the artist who is associated with 'ready-made' objects in an avant-garde manner.
Answer
D. Duchamp
80
From which painting did Picasso banished all colours except shades of grey, black and white in 1937?
Answer
C. Guernica
81
Name the artist, who is associated with Surrealism.
Answer
A. Dali
82
Name the Italian Master Artist, who is renowned for Still-life works.
Answer
D. Morandi
83
__________ reforms the arts and crafts traditions to a new art movement.
Answer
B. Art Nouveau
84
Which art movement originates the greater emphasis on kinetics of motor cars, machine age and cities rather than organic form?
Answer
B. Futurism
85
Name the style adopted by many of architects, sculptors and painters in 17th century Europe with religious subjects and theatrical appeal in character.
Answer
B. Baroque
86
'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' was authored by ___________.
Answer
A. Walter Benjamin
87
Name the American artist, whose paintings show the energetic gestures of the artist, who splashed, dripped, flicked and throw paint on to the canvas.
Answer
A. Jackson Pollock
88
Artist who employed popular imagery drawn from advertising, comic strips, film and television.
Answer
B. Pop artist
89
A form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and colour.
Answer
B. Op art
90
Name the Russian artist who designed Soviet Union flags.
Answer
C. El Lissitzsky
91
__________ artists use an amalgam of style elements from the past-classical and baroque introducing ornament colour and sculpture with iconic interest.
Answer
B. Postmodernist
92
An artist endowed with the power of original vision and statement, a kind of detribalized 'shaman'. The statement most suitable for which artist?
Answer
A. Joseph Beuys
93
The first Futurist manifesto was launched by __________ in 1909.
Answer
D. Marinetti
94
Jeffrey Show's ____________ is an interactive video installation.
Answer
B. The Legible City
95
__________ was an international art movement of the 1960's which attacked many of the institutions and orthodoxies of the art world.
Answer
D. Fluxus
96
The term "Global Village" was suggested by _____________ which allows a democratization of arts.
Answer
C. Mc Luhan
97
'I Shop There For I am' - is a statement with regard to material consumption. Name the artist of this work of art.
Answer
D. Barbara Kruger
98
Who was the most influential artist of the 20th century and the central figure of the Pop Art movement?
Answer
A. Andy Warhol
99
The term Pop art was first coined by which Art Critic?
Answer
D. Lawrence Alloway
100
Name the American Pop artist who was influenced by the mass media.
Answer
B. Roy Lichtenstein

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