Answer: Option C. -> New Delhi
The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at New Delhi.

Answer: Option D. -> Bharatanatyam
The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was Bharatnatyam.

Answer: Option D. -> Bihar
Madhubani painting or Mithila painting is a style of Hindu Painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Nepal and in Indian States of Bihar. Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns.

Answer: Option A. -> North India
The word Kathak has been derived from the word Katha which means a story. Kathakars or story-tellers, are people who narrate stories largely based on episodes from the epics, myths and legends. It probably started as an oral tradition. Mime and gestures were perhaps added later on to make the recitation more effective. Thus evolved a simple form of expressional dance, providing the origins of what later developed into Kathak as we see it today.

Answer: Option D. -> Sudraka
The author of the famous play Mrichchakatika (मृच्छकटिकम्) considered one of the best plays of ancient India is Sudraka.

Answer: Option A. -> Firoz Shah Bahamani
The most important Bahamani ruler was Firoz Shah Bahamani.

Answer: Option D. -> The year 1657
The Satnami sect in India was founded in the year 1657.

Answer: Option C. -> Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

Answer: Option B. -> Alaudin Khilji
Under Alaudin Khilji was the Kharaj in the form of a proper land tax levied over large parts of northern India.

Answer: Option B. -> Garba
Garba is associated with Gujarat.