Question : Who among the following is the co-founder of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts?
Option 1: Pt. Birju Maharaj
Option 2: Uday Shankar
Option 3: Mallika Sarabhai
Option 4: Mrinalini Sarabhai
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Correct Answer: Mrinalini Sarabhai
Solution : The correct answer is Mrinalini Sarabhai.
Founded in 1949 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts was established by Mrinalini Sarabhai and Vikram Sarabhai. Over the past three decades, their daughter, Mallika Sarabhai, has been directing the academy. The institution hosts the annual "Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival" in Ahmedabad, featuring a three-day Interart event. In honour of its golden jubilee in 1998, the academy instituted the "Mrinalini Sarabhai Award for Classical Excellence" in classical dance.
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Question : Which famous Indian dancer was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts and received Padma Shri in 1965?
Option 1: Rukmini Devi Arundale
Option 2: Mrinalini Sarabhai
Option 3: Prabhu Deva
Option 4: Pandit Birju Maharaj
Question : Who among the following was the student of Pandit Birju Maharaj and received the Padma Shri in the year 1992 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 1999-2000?
Option 1: Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
Option 3: Yamini Krishnamurthy
Option 4: Shovana Narayan
Question : Which famous Indian Kathak dancer received the ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in 1986?
Option 2: Mallika Sarabhai
Option 3: Guru Bipin Singh
Question : Which famous Indian Kathak dancer received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 1986?
Option 1: Manjari Chaturvedi
Option 2: Madhavi Mudgal
Option 4: Birju Maharaj
Question : Who among the following was awarded with 'Padma Vibhushan' in the year 1986 and choreographed the famous song 'Kahe Chhed Mohe' from the movie Devdas and 'Mohe Rang Do Laal' from Bajirao Mastani?
Option 1: Birju Maharaj
Option 3: Bipin Singh
Option 4: Kelucharan Mohapatra
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