Consider the following pairs : 1. Garba : Gujarat 2. Mohiniattam : Odisha 3. Yakshagana : Karnataka Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Why the answer is (c)
• Garba is the circular folk dance of Gujarat performed during Navratri (pair 1 correct); Yakshagana is the traditional theatre-dance of coastal Karnataka (pair 3 correct).
• Mohiniattam is the classical dance of Kerala, not Odisha (whose classical dance is Odissi) — pair 2 wrong.
• Hence 1 and 3 only, option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Yakshagana–Karnataka is also correct.
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- Mohiniattam is from Kerala, not Odisha.
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
- Pair 2 is wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014, held on 24 August 2014. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.