Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which handicraft?
- A.Hand-knotted carpets
- B.Brass ware
- C.Chikan embroidery
- D.Marble inlay
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is A, Hand-knotted carpets. Bhadohi is called the carpet city and is the largest carpet weaving cluster in India, with looms spread through the neighbouring parts of Mirzapur, Varanasi and Sant Ravidas Nagar. Its hand-knotted carpets carry a geographical indication, and the belt is the main source of Indian carpet exports, served by its own export promotion body and a weaving institute.
Option B, brass ware, belongs to Moradabad. Option C, chikan embroidery, belongs to Lucknow. Option D, marble inlay or pachchikari, belongs to Agra, where the craft survives from the workshops of the Taj Mahal. A related fact worth holding is that Mirzapur next door is known for the handmade dari, which has a separate GI, so carpets and daris are not interchangeable in a matching question.
Read the full article: Handicrafts and GI Tags of Uttar Pradesh: District List
Practice Questions
View allThe chikankari style of embroidery is traditionally associated with which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Varanasi
- B.Lucknow
- C.Agra
- D.Bareilly
Show answer
Chikankari is the shadow embroidery of Lucknow, worked in white thread on fine cotton, muslin or chiffon, and its stitches, tepchi, bakhiya, murri, phanda and jaali, are learnt as a set.
Read the full explanation →Which city of Uttar Pradesh is called Peetal Nagri, the brass city of India?
- A.Moradabad
- B.Firozabad
- C.Aligarh
- D.Khurja
Show answer
Moradabad has worked brass for centuries into engraved, enamelled and lacquered vessels, lamps and decorative ware, and the trade gave it the name Peetal Nagri.
Read the full explanation →Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh is famous for the manufacture of which product?
- A.Carpets
- B.Attar and perfume
- C.Glass bangles
- D.Black pottery
Show answer
Kannauj is called the perfume capital of India. Its distillers work by the deg and bhapka method, in which flower petals, herbs or sandalwood are heated in copper vessels over a wood fire and the vapour is condensed into a receiver containing sandalwood oil.
Read the full explanation →Khurja, known for its glazed pottery and holding a GI tag, lies in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Bulandshahr
- B.Hapur
- C.Meerut
- D.Mathura
Show answer
Khurja is a town in Bulandshahr district of western Uttar Pradesh, and its thick glazed pottery, painted in bright floral patterns on a white ground, is sold as Khurja pottery and is a registered geographical indication.
Read the full explanation →The black pottery of Nizamabad, a registered GI craft, belongs to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Ghazipur
- B.Azamgarh
- C.Jaunpur
- D.Mau
Show answer
Nizamabad is a town in Azamgarh district, and its potters make thin walled black pottery that is rubbed with mustard oil, fired in a closed kiln so that the smoke blackens the clay, and then decorated with silver-coloured patterns applied with a zinc and mercury paste.
Read the full explanation →