UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 54 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on Puthukkuli Sujni Uppada Jamdani
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectArt and Culture
- TopicIndian Culture
- DifficultyHard
- TypeMatch
Consider the following pairs:
Craft Heritage : State
1. Puthukkuli shawls : Tamil Nadu
2. Sujni embroidery : Maharashtra
3. Uppada Jamdani saris : Karnataka
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Answer: A. 1 only
Analysis
Only pair 1 is correct, so the answer is (a) 1 only.
Statement by statement
Pair 1 is CORRECT. The Toda tribe of Tamil Nadu do intricate Puthukuli work on cream coloured shawls, always in red and black, and the shawl can be worn on both sides.
Pair 2 is INCORRECT. Sujani, also spelt Sujini, is a form of embroidery originating from Bhusura village in Bihar, not Maharashtra.
Pair 3 is INCORRECT. Uppada Jamdani saris are diaphanous silk saris tracing their origin to Uppada in Andhra Pradesh, not Karnataka. Jamdani itself is a handwoven fabric also known as muslin.
Source
The Hindu reports on GI tags for Andhra crafts and on Bihar's Sujani embroidery.
How to crack it
The place name is often the answer. Uppada is a coastal Andhra town and the sari carries its name, so the craft and the State travel together whenever the craft is named after its village. Watch the GI tag news through the year and record each craft against its State, since this question is built directly from that list and UPSC returns to it almost every year.