Name of the Board : Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class : XII STD
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Knowledge Traditions And Practices Of India
Term : 1 and 2
Year : 2021-22
Website : https://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSXII_2021-22.html
CBSE XII Knowledge Traditions And Practices Of India Question Paper
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Sample Question Paper For CBSE XII Knowledge Traditions And Practices Of India
Section-A :
1. This book deals with Tamil grammar and poetics. It refers to a fivefold division of land, viz. kurinji, mullai, marudam, neytal and palai. Identify this text from the following options.
(a) Silappadikaram
(b) Tolkappiyam
(c) Tirukkural
(d) Manimekalai
2. The Mahabharata has many long narrations of mallayuddha or wrestling combat. Which one of the following encounters did not happen in the Mahabharata?
(a) Bhima and Jarasandha
(b) Bhima and Duryodhana
(c) Krishna and Chanura
(d) Balarama and Kamsa
3. This flexible curling sword is used in Kalari. Which among the following is this dangerous weapon?
(a) Jarjara
(b) Khalaka
(c) Dhanu
(d) Urumi
4. Several ancient texts throw light on agriculture. Which of the following texts does not discuss agriculture?
(a) Krishiparasara
(b) Vrikshayurveda
(c) Aryabhatiya
(d) Amarakosha
5. This martial art is very popular in northern parts of India, where a polished stick is used. Which among the following is this martial art?
(a) Kuruntadi
(b) Shilambam
(c) Lathi Khela
(d) Kusti
6. Since ancient times, this martial art was accorded the status of a respectable sport and enjoyed royal patronage, was one of the sixty-four arts that all could learn, and an entire treatise was dedicated to it. Identify the martial art form.
(a) Kallaripayattu
(b) Silambam
(c) Vajra-mushti
(d) Mallayuddha
7. Training of this martial art involves Ayurvedic treatments for body and mind and techniques of therapeutic massages. Identify this form of martial art from the following options.
(a) Ankavinoda
(b) Kalari
(c) Mallakhamba
(d) Khalaka
8. ……………….. is a mixture of five cow products. It works as a biofertilizer, enhancing growth and productivity of crops and increasing resistance to diseases.
(a) Kunapajala
(b) Panchachamaram
(c) Panchagandha
(d) Panchagavya
9. The Grand Anicut (Kallanai) was built across which river?
(a) Godavari
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Kaveri
(d) Yamuna
10. The Harappan fired bricks which gave the impression to those who encountered them for the first time that they could not be more than few centuries old, had proportions of
(a) 1 x 2 x 3
(b) 1 x 2 x 4
(c) 1 x 4 x 3
(d) 1 x 5 x 2
11. ————- is a simple Kashmiri folk dance performed with a chorus by girls at spring time.
(a) Rauf
(b) Bihu
(c) Dollu Kunitha
(d) Padayani
12. The long perforated Harappan beads of carnelian involved the following technological feat
(a) drilling the beads lengthwise with special drill bits
(b) polishing with rare chemicals
(c) bleaching with a solution of calcium carbonate
(d) annealing beads with exquisite gold foiling
13. Harappan microbeads measured approximately (diameter x length)
(a) 10 x 10 microns
(b) 1 x 10 millimetres
(c) 1 x 1 millimetres
(d) 1 x 2 centimetres
14. Painted Grey Ware and Northern Black Polished Ware were produced
(a) by adding coal to clay
(b) on fast-spinning wheels using fine clay
(c) without the use of a potter’s wheel
(d) in the region corresponding to today’s Pakistan and Afghanistan
15. This classical dance form started in monasteries, being performed initially by male monks before moving to the metropolitan stage. Identify the dance.
(a) Sattriya
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Bharatnatyam
(d) Mohiniyattam
16. Identify the folk dance whose music, usually sung in couplets, include daily chores ranging from cleaning of the wheat to thrashing and to spinning, weaving and embroidery, among other activities.
(a) Purulia
(b) Bamboo dance
(c) Bihu
(d) Giddha
17. Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of Sattriya, one of the classical dance forms?
(a) It derives its theme from the 12th century Geeta Govinda by Jayadeva.
(b) Earlier it was performed by priests and priestess on creation of the world as its theme.
(c) It is performed with musical compositions called borgeets that are based on ragas.
(d) It traces its origins to the nomadic storytelling bards of ancient northern India.
18. The sculptures of this temple portray the 108 karanas of the classical dance form
(a) Kailasanatha
(b) Dwarkadish
(c) Chidambaram
(d) Kamakhya
19. India’s love for these is traceable to the Harappans, who manufactured them in large numbers out of materials like gold, copper, conch-shell, glazed faience, or terracotta. What are we talking about?
(a) Pots
(b) Mirrors
(c) Bangles
(d) Necklaces
20. What is the predominant sentiment of the lasya style of dance?
(a) Devotion
(b) Wonder
(c) Compassion
(d) Love
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