Thursday 3 September 2015

Answers to Sri Ram IAS Mains(2Marks)

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1.The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata. Generally referred as fifth veda.
It also suggest the notion of musical modes or jatis which are the origin of the notion of the modern melodic structures known as ragas.

2. Pattachitra is a traditional painting of Odisha, India.These paintings are based on Hindu mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava cult."Patta" literally means "cloth" and "Chitra" means "picture". 

3. Nautanki is a famous folk theater and operatic drama form, popular in northern India especially in Uttar Pradesh. Its name is derived from the name of the heroine of the play shahjadi Nautanki. It is most melodramatic and high pitch. Romantic tales are preferred like Laila Majnu, Amarsinh Rathore and Heer Ranja.

4. The Quit India Movement in British India had its echo in Kashmir where the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference had launched Quit Kashmir Movement with renewed Vigour from 28th June 1938, demanding that Maharaja J&K state should quit the state with bay and baggage and leave the people of the state to decide their own future by having a responsible Government.
However the His Highness offered to sign a stand still agreement with both India and Pakistan aimed at continuing the existing relationship pending his final decision regarding future of the State.

5. The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a World War II-era set of proposals the development of the post-independence economy of India. The basic objectives were a doubling of the (then current) output of the agricultural sector and a five-fold growth in the industrial sector. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading Indian industrialists, proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence from the UK.

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