Test: Culture and Places of India and World- 2 - Class 8 MCQ

C.S. Lewis wrote a series of seven fantasy novels for children called "The Chronicles of Narnia". He was a prolific writer, poet, scholar of English literature. He held an academic position in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. He wrote more than 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies.

Dharamsala is a city in northern India and is the winter seat of government of the state of Himachal Pradesh.
McLeod Ganj, a village within Dharamshala municipality, is the home of the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan government. It is where the Dalai Lama settled after fleeing Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
It is a popular place for Indian and foreign tourists, including students studying Tibet.

The 19th International Children’s Film Festival of India popularly known as, ’The Golden Elephant,’ was organised in Hyderabad on 14th November 2017.
Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI) is the nodal organisation to conduct the festival. It organises an International Children’s Film Festival every alternate year in India.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was honored with the 24th Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
He received Award for his leadership in championing children's and women's rights in India.

The Yash Chopra Memorial award has been instituted by MP T Subbarami Reddy in the memory of renowned filmmaker Yash Chopra and carries a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs.
Asha Bhosale is a well known playback singer in Hindi cinema

The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British award given to citizens of the Commonwealth. JK Rowling is a British author famous for writing the Harry Potter series.
She was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, for her services to literature and philanthropy.

The Dumhal dance is performed by the men folk of the Wattal tribe of Kashmir.
This dance is performed with long colourful robes, tall conical caps. Dumhal dance is accompanied by songs which the performers themselves sing.
Performers of this dance place a banner into the ground at a fixed location and begin to dance around this banner.

Khwaja Moibuddin Chishti is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. He is also known as Gharib Nawaz.
 His shrine is at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It is the second most important pilgrimage after Mecca and Madina for the Muslims all over the world.

Located at Old Goa, 10 kilometres east of Panaji, the Bom Jesus Basilica is a World Heritage Monument. The church is called "Bom Jesus" meaning 'good Jesus' or 'infant Jesus' to whom it is dedicated. This magnificent edifice stands as a superb example of Baroque architecture in Goa.

Tawang Monastery, in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, is the largest monastery in India and second largest in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. 
It is situated in the valley of the Tawang River, near the small town of the same name in the northwestern part of Arunachal Pradesh, in close proximity to the Tibetan and Bhutanese border. 
Tawang Monastery is known in Tibetan as Galden Namgey Lhatse, which translates to "celestial paradise in a clear night."