With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs : Famous work of Sculpture Site 1. A grand image of Buddha's Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below : Ajanta 2. A huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock : Mount Abu 3. “Arjuna’s Penance”/ “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders : Mamallapuram Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Correct Answer is : 1 and 3 only

UPSC Civil Services 2014 Prelims General Studies Paper I

Question : 45 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs :

	Famous work of Sculpture		Site
1.	A grand image of Buddha's Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below	:	Ajanta
2.	A huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock	:	Mount Abu
3.	“Arjuna’s Penance”/ “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders	:	Mamallapuram

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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