Art & Culture MCQs - 2026-05-07

Digitization of cultural heritage is a key component of the Digital India initiative, aiming to transform India into a digitally empowered society.

Photogrammetry is a technique used to create 3D models of objects by taking multiple photographs from different angles and processing them with software.

The project aims to digitize the vast collections of national museums to preserve them for posterity and make them accessible to researchers and the public globally.

The GI registry is administered by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who is the Registrar of Geographical Indications.

The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, provides for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India.

A GI tag is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) provides the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of cultural and mixed properties nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List.

To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria.

The World Heritage Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and decides which sites are inscribed on the World Heritage List.