Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Bharatnatyam | (I) | Sonal Mansingh |
| (B) | Kathak | (II) | Lakshmi Narayan Shastri |
| (C) | Odissi | (III) | Krishna Iyer |
| (D) | Kuchipudi | (IV) | Sitara Devi |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Bharatnatyam — this matches (III) Krishna Iyer. E. Krishna Iyer worked in the 1920s and 1930s to bring Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of Tamil Nadu, back on to the public stage.
(B) Kathak — this matches (IV) Sitara Devi. Sitara Devi of the Banaras style was a leading Kathak dancer; Rabindranath Tagore called her “Nritya Samragini”.
(C) Odissi — this matches (I) Sonal Mansingh. Sonal Mansingh, a Padma Vibhushan awardee, is best known for Odissi, the classical dance of Odisha.
(D) Kuchipudi — this matches (II) Lakshmi Narayan Shastri. Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry was a guru who reshaped Kuchipudi, the dance of Andhra Pradesh, as a solo form.