How many artworks were shortlisted by the first-tier jury for display at the 65th National Exhibition of Art?
- A.120
- B.180
- C.270
- D.365
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Explanation
The correct answer is 270. Selection for this exhibition happens in two stages. The first-tier jury went through the entries and shortlisted two hundred and seventy artworks for presentation at the show. A separate second-tier jury was then constituted to choose the award-winning works, and it picked twenty artworks by twenty artists. Options A, B and D are not figures given in the announcement. Remember that the shortlisted works cover painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and mixed media, and that the artists used materials ranging from terracotta, ceramic and teak wood to white marble, oxidised copper, oil and acrylic on canvas, watercolour wash and etching, a spread the Akademi treats as a sign of continuing experiment in Indian visual art. The two-stage process is itself a fair question: first-tier jury for display, second-tier jury for the awards.
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Practice Questions
How many Lalit Kala Akademi Awards were announced at the 65th National Exhibition of Art?
- A.10
- B.15
- C.20
- D.25
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A second-tier jury, set up only to judge the prize entries, selected twenty artworks by twenty artists for the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards at the sixty-fifth National Exhibition of Art. Options A, B and D do not match the number announced by the Akademi.
Read the full explanation →How many artworks did the Lalit Kala Akademi receive for the 65th National Exhibition of Art?
- A.2,495 artworks
- B.6,175 artworks
- C.270 artworks
- D.1,650 artworks
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These came from two thousand four hundred and ninety-five artists spread across twenty-seven States and Union Territories, which is why option A is a trap: that number counts the artists, not the works.
Read the full explanation →The Lalit Kala Akademi, which organises the National Exhibition of Art, functions as the national academy of which field?
- A.Music, dance and drama
- B.Letters and literature
- C.Art
- D.Crafts and handloom
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The Lalit Kala Akademi is the National Academy of Art and works under the Ministry of Culture, and it is this body that organises the National Exhibition of Art every year along with the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards.
Read the full explanation →Which town was ranked first in the new Swachh River Front Town category of Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
- A.Varanasi
- B.Rewa
- C.Bilaspur
- D.Puri
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This edition of the survey introduced awards for river front towns, coastal towns and Himalayan cities for the first time, and in the Swachh River Front Town category the order was Rewa of Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh and Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →How many cities were covered by Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
- A.73 cities
- B.1,700 cities
- C.4,751 cities
- D.3,751 cities
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The survey has widened sharply over a decade: it assessed 73 cities when it began in 2016 and covers 4,751 cities in this round, which is its tenth edition.
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