Music Question and Answers

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  1. Scholar who was the first to codify Ragas into Mela and Janya

Ans:  Ramamatya

  1. The Katapayadi Sankhya is adopted for

Ans: 72 Melakarta Scheme

  1. Purandara Dasa was also called as

Ans: Srinivasa

  1. Place – Music inscribed on rock

Ans: Kudumiyamalai

  1. Modern Thumri developed in

Ans: Avadh

  1. This is not the characteristic of Nada

Ans: Matra

  1. Tagore’s Valmiki-Pratibha is

Ans: Drama

  1. Who was Hemendranath Tagore?

Ans: Rabindranath’s elder brother

  1. Author of Abhinav Bharti

Ans: Abhinav Gupta

10.  The views of Bhatt Nayak on Rasa is called

Ans: Bhuktivad

Music – General Knowledge

Namaste all.

1. With which style of singing ‘EK TAAL’ is used?

(A) Dhrupad     (B) Khayal        (C) Thumari      (D) Tappa

Answer: (B)

2. Writer of the book ‘Bhartiya Taalon ka Shashtriya Vivechan’

(A) Dr. Lal Mani Mishra     (B) Dr. Arun Kumar Sen   (C) Acharya K.C.D. Brihaspati       (D) Dr. Avan E. Mistri

Answer: (B)

3. Composition with Tihayee played three times

(A) Tihayee      (B) Tukada       (C) Rela    (D) Chakradar

Answer: (D)

4. The Book in which ‘Theka’ word is used for the first time

(A) Radha Govinda Sangeet Sar        (B) Sarmaye Isharat

(C) Sangeet Naad Vinoda         (D) Sangeet Kaladhar

Answer: (B)

 5. Writer of the book ‘TABLA’

(A) Arvinda Mukherjee       (B) Arvinda Sharma

(C) Arvinda Mulgaonkar     (D) Arvinda Azad

Answer: (C)

6. In which Swar should Tabla be tuned for accompaniment?

(A) Gandhar       (B) Madhyama       (C) Pancham       (D) Shadaj

Answer: (D)

7. Which style of singing is adorned with PARANAS?

(A) Dhrupad       (B) Khayal      (C) Thumari        (D) Tappa

Answer: (A)

8. Which TAAL of Karnatak Taal system is depicted by the symbol of 101?

(A) Dhruva Taal      (B) Roopak Taal      (C) Mathya Taal    (D) Ek Taal

Answer: (C)

9. Most expandable composition of Tabla

(A) Quiada      (B) Tukada      (C) Mohara     (D) Kamali Chakradar

Answer: (A)

10. Match the following:

List – I                        List – II

(i) Zakir Hussain         1. Vazid Hussain
(ii) Kumarlal                2. Kishan Maharaj
(iii) Afak Hussain        3. Allarakha Khan
(iv) Pooran Maharaj    4. Gudai Maharaj

Codes:

(i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)

(A)       3          1          2          4

(B)       3          2          1          4

(C)       3          4          1          2

(D)       3          2          4          1

Answer: (C)

— to be continued —

V.Meenakshi Jayakumar