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Which city of Bihar is known for its tussar silk weaving and is called the silk city?

  1. A.Bhagalpur
  2. B.Darbhanga
  3. C.Gaya
  4. D.Munger

Correct answer

A. Bhagalpur

Explanation

The correct answer is A, Bhagalpur. Bhagalpur on the Ganga has woven tussar silk for centuries and is called the silk city of Bihar; its handloom weavers produce the coarse golden silk from cocoons reared on forest trees, and the city is a cluster for silk furnishing and sari weaving. The same district is the home of Manjusha art and of the Bihula-Bishahari festival, so the name Bhagalpur answers more than one question in this chapter.

Option B, Darbhanga, belongs to Mithila and is associated with Madhubani painting and with the Darbhanga tradition of dhrupad music. Option C, Gaya, is a pilgrim city known for its black stone carving at Patharkatti. Option D, Munger, is remembered for its old fort, its arms factory and a yoga school, not for silk. The pairing of Bhagalpur with silk is among the commonest one-line facts in state papers.

Read the full article: Madhubani, Manjusha and Other Art Forms of Bihar: Styles and Facts

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Q1.BiharEasy

Madhubani painting belongs to which region of Bihar?

  1. A.Anga, around Bhagalpur
  2. B.Mithila, in the north
  3. C.Magadh, around Gaya
  4. D.Bhojpur, in the west
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Correct answer: B. Mithila, in the north

Madhubani painting is also called Mithila painting because it grew in the Mithila region of northern Bihar, chiefly in the districts of Madhubani and Darbhanga, and the form takes its common name from the first of these districts.

Q2.BiharMedium

Manjusha art, which narrates the legend of Bihula and Bishahari, belongs to which district of Bihar?

  1. A.Madhubani
  2. B.Bhagalpur
  3. C.Gaya
  4. D.Patna
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Correct answer: B. Bhagalpur

Manjusha art belongs to Bhagalpur and the Angika-speaking country around it. The paintings are made on the manjusha, a temple-shaped box built of bamboo strips and jute paper, which is carried in procession during the Bihula-Bishahari festival of the rainy season, and the panels tell the story of Bihula and…

Q4.BiharMedium

In Mithila tradition, the kohbar ghar on whose wall the painting is made is

  1. A.the nuptial chamber of a newly married couple
  2. B.the kitchen of the house
  3. C.the cattle shed
  4. D.the village shrine
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Correct answer: A. the nuptial chamber of a newly married couple

The kohbar ghar is the room in which the bride and bridegroom are brought together after the wedding, and its wall carries the kohbar painting, a composition of the lotus with its ring of leaves, the bamboo grove, fish, parrots and the sun and moon, all of them symbols of…

Q5.BiharHard

Tikuli art of Patna originally decorated which object?

  1. A.Earthen pottery
  2. B.The bindi worn on the forehead
  3. C.Temple doors
  4. D.Palm leaf manuscripts
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Correct answer: B. The bindi worn on the forehead

Tikuli takes its name from the tikuli or tikli, the decorated dot worn by women on the forehead, which was once made at Patna out of thin glass fused with gold foil and coloured enamel.