1 Which of the following phrase belongs to Razakhani Gat

Da Dir Da Ra Da

Dir Da Dir Da Ra Da

Da Dir Dir Dir Da-R,Da Da

Dir Da Ra Da Ra Dir

2 Match the following

Mehbub Khan Bhindi Bazar Gharana
Khadim Hussain Khan Sahaswan Gharana
Nisar Hussain Khan Atrouli Gharana
Aman Ali Khan Agra Gharana

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3 Match the following

Masit Khan Sarangi
Amir Khan Been
Dabir Khan Sarod
Bundu Khan Sitar

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4 Choose the correct sequence

Gulam Abbas, Faiaz Khan, D.T. Joshi

Latafat Hussain Khan, Nisar Hussain Khan, Amir Khan

Gulam Mustafa Khan, Mustaq Hussain Khan, Rajab Ali Khan

Natthu Khan, Rashid Khan, Amir Khan

5 Who is not the Sarod player of the following

Buddhadev Das Gupta

Amjad Ali Khan

Ilias Khan

Umar Khan

6 Choose the correct code
Assertion Marwa is a Sandhiprakash Raga.
Reason In Marwa Re is Komal and Dha is Suddha.

Code

Both and are correct

Both and are wrong

is correct but is wrong

is wrong but is correct

7 Misri Singh was famous for

Rabab player

Sursingar player

Rudra Vina player

Vichitra Vina player

8 Which Raga does not belongs to Kalyan Thata

Shyam Kalyan

Suddha Kalyan

Kedar

Bihag

9 Which folk song is not belongs to Bengal

Sari Gan

Jhumur Gan

Bihu

Jari Gan

10 Who introduced the instrument 'Vichitra Vina' to the Indian Music

Abdul Aziz Khan

Abdul Karim Khan

Jafar Khan

Umrao Khan

11 Who was the disciple of Enayat Khan

Radhika Mohan Maitra

Ravi Shankar

Bimal Mukherjee

Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury

12 Which book of the following is written by Swami Prajnanananda

The Story of Indian Music

The History of Indian Music

Music of India

Universal History of Music

13 How many melas are there regarding classification of raga in Raga Tarangini

18

20

16

12

14 Chatusra Jati Triputa Tala is equivalent to

Rupak

Teental

Kaharwa

Chautal

15 Which pairs of the following is not correctly matched

Puriya Sohini

Desh Tilak Kamod

Marwa -Barwa

Kedar -Kamod

16 Which one is the layakari of Kuaad Laya

7/4

5/4

4/5

3/2

17 Which raga of the following is not a variety of Kalyan

Yaman Kalyan

Gorakh Kalyan

Shyam Kalyan

Suddha Kalyan

18 Name of an artiste belonging to Kirana Gharana

Suresh Babu Mane

Bhatkhande

Dilip Chandra Vedi

Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit

19 Assertion The instrument Sursingar was introduced by Jafar Khan.

Reason Jafar Khan did not know to play Rabab.

Code

Both and are correct

Both and are incorrect

is correct but is not correct

is incorrect but is correct

20 Choose the correct code
Assertion Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan belongs to Jaipur Senia Gharana.
Reason Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan used to stay in Jaipur.
Code

Both and are true

Both and are false

is true but is false

is false but is true

21 The famous Alia Fattu was

Ali Ahmed Khan and Fate Ali Khan

Barkat Ali Khan and Fate Singh

Ali Baksh Khan and Fate Ali Khan

Aman Ali Khan and Fate Ali Khan

22 The following phrases belongs to which raga

Ma Pa, Ga Ma Dha Pa, Ga Ma Pa, Ga Ma Ra Sa.

Shyam Kalyan

Kamod

Hamir

None of the above

23 Father's name of Bade Gulam Ali Khan is

Kale Khan

Ali Baksh Khan

Fateh Ali Khan

Ali Ahmed Khan

24 Sudarshanacharya Shastri was a disciple of

Enayat Khan

Nihal Sen

Amir Sen

Amrit Sen

25 Who used three tumbas in Sitar

Ravi Shankar

Abdul Halim Zafar Khan

Balram Pathak

Amrit Sen

26 Name the notation system of western music which is similar to the Hindusthani Music notation system

Cheve Notation

Staff Notation

Neumes Notation

Solfa Notation

27 'Rag Nanda' falls under which category

Suddha Raga

Chhayalag Raga

Sankirna Raga

Vikrit Raga

28 A great music composer was a disciple of Pt. Girija Shankar Chakrabarty

Salil Chowdhury

S.D. Burman

Anil Bagchi

R.D. Burman

29 Which of the following aspect of Indian Classical Music speak of its greatness

Secularity

Equalitarianism

Profundity

Accessibility

30 What form is synonymous to Opera

Chorus

Ballet

Orchestra

Geeti Natya

31 Assertion It is not essential for a good composer to compose music having with the knowledge of proportion, symmetry, harmony, balancing, variety, stability, intricacy and emotional value.

Reason Any musician without having these can be a composer.

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is correct is incorrect

is incorrect is correct

and both are incorrect

and both are correct

32 How many Thatas are originally prevalent in Hindustani Music

72

36

32

10

33 Ma Ni Pa Ni Ma Pa, Ga Ma Ni Pa, Ga Ma Re Sa, Ma Ga Ma Pa. These swaras belongs to

Nayaki Kanada

Abogi Kanada

Suha Kanada

Sahana Kanada

34 Jayjayanti is a Raga of ...........

Sankirna Raga

Paramela Prabeshak Raga

Chhayalag Raga

Suddha Raga

35 Identify the of 10 beats, which has 6 Dhins in a 'Aavartan'

Sooltal

Chautal

Jhampa

Jhaptal

36 In which Raga Bageswari and Rageswari both Ragas are used

Gunji Kanada

Khamaj Gunji

Mal Gunji

Palash Gunji

37 How many 'Shlokas' are mentioned in Natya Shastra

4720

4723

4726

4730

38 In the following names who was a Sarangi player

Hussain Khan

Bundu Khan

Jafar Khan

Fida Khan

39 A certain cycle tune that indicates the beats, stress and cadences of the Tabla is

Mukhra

Kayda

Upaj

Nagma

40 Which of the following term has drawn the line of demarcation between 'Nibaddha' and 'Anibaddha' forms of sangit

Laya

Matra

Chhanda

Taal

41 'Maihar Band' is established by

Alauddin

Ali Akbar

Abul Fazal

Abdul Hafiz

42 Which of the following term means musicology

Scientific study of Music

Systematic study of Music as a fine arts

Historical and Theoretical investigation relating to music

Study of music as a field of research

43 Assertion The origin of the 'Ananda' is from what has been called in the upanishads as Rasa.

Reason All creatures enjoy the transcendental Rasa which is the source of all 'Ananda'. Code

and both are correct

is incorrect and is correct

and both are incorrect

is correct and is incorrect

44 With which song did Lata Mangeshkar do her first Hindi playback

Natai Chaitrachi Navalai

Pa Lagoon Kar Jori Re Shyam

Janani Janam Bhoomi

Main Khili khili Phulvari

45 Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam used to play

Nadeswaram

Veena

Sitar

Violin

46 The opening theme music of doordarshan was composed by

Pt. .mkarnath Thakur

Ud. Amjad Ali Khan

Pt. Ravi Shankar

Ud. Bismillah Khan

47 Match the followings

Ayodhyaprasad Tabla
Sharan Rani Vocal
Allarakhha Khan Pakhawaj
Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit Sarod

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48 The Violinist was equally popular in Hindustani and Karnatic style

Lalgudi G. Jayraman

Dr. N.S. Gopalakrishnan

A. Narmada

N. Ramani

49 Who is the youngest Indian singer to win a Filmfare award

Neeti Mohan

Ankit Tiwari

Arijit Singh

Nazia Hassan

50 Whose tabla can we hear in the famous chasing Basanti sequence in the film 'Sholay'

Pt. Anokhe Lal Mishra

Ud. Zakeer Hussain

Pt. Samta Prasad

Ud. Ahmed Jan Thirakuwa

51 Ancient Tana with three swaras is called

Archik

Gathik

Samik

Ritwik

52 Match the following

Electrophone Trumpet
Aerophone Key-Board
Aerophone with reed Violin
Chordophone Clarinet

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53 A musical scale containing five notes is called

Pentatonic Scale

Harmonic Minor Scale

Diatonic Scale

None of the above

54 An excessive fondness for music is called

Graphomania

Melomania

Hypomania

Megalomania

55 The following notation belongs to which Raga

Ma Dha Rea Saa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa, Ma Pa Ga Ma Ni Dha Ni Saa

Bhatiyar -Bahar

Hindol Hem

Vasant -Bahar

Nat -Vilawal

56 Sadiq Ali was a famous singer of

Dhrupad

Kheyal

Hindi Tappa

Thumri

57 Which Shastra is called 'Pingal Shastra'

Chhanda

Tal

Sangeet

Nritya

58 The following phrase belongs to which raga Ga Ma, Ga Ma Pa Ma Re Sa Re

Darbari Kanhara

Nayki Kanhara

Adana

Mian Ki Malhar

59 'Time Theory of Raga' has been mentioned in the text

Siksha

Brihaddesi

Sangeet Ratnakar

Sangeet Makaranda

60 Musicological Texts written in Bengal
Bhakti Ratnakar
Rag Tarangini
Geet Chandroday
Sangeetraj

Code

and

and

and

and

61 The name of Abbasuddin is connected with the musical form

Folk song

Kirtan

Rabindrasangeet

Tappa

62 Choose odd one of the following

Gaitri

Anustup

Brihati

Chachar

63 Which folk songs are not religious
Marfati
Dhamail
Tusu
Gambhira

Code

and

and

and

and

64 Which Raga does not belong to Asavari Thata

Kousik Kanada

Darbari Kanada

Nayaki Kanada

Adana

65 Match the following

Prithula Bani
Akshepiki Shruti
Phandadar Dhruva
Dayavati Geeti

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66 Match the following

Jab Chod Chali Lakhnow Nagari Shori Mian
O Mian be Jane Bale Ekbal
Sare Jahan Se Accha Meerabai
Paoji Maine Ram Ratan Dhana Akhtar Piya

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67 Match the following

Bidari Style of playing
Baramasi A type of flute
Basuli A type of folk song
Baj Portion of Pada

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68 Choose odd one of the following

Tiripa

Andolita

Kumudvati

Kampita

69 Which of the following is a Sarangi-player

Aruna Narayan Kalle

Bageshri Qumar

Sharan Rani

Laxmi Shankar

70 A note that is neither sharp nor flat is called

Key note

Leading note

Natural note

Whole note

71 Who is the Guru of Radhika Mohan Maitra

Hafiz Ali Khan

Alauddin Khan

Ashiq Ali Khan

Ameer Khan

72 Who was the translator of 'Mankutuhal' granth

Mirja Khan

Fakirullah

Capt, Willard

Dr. Hog

73 Interval of 7 shrutis is called

Sadja -Madhyam Samvad

Sadja -Pancham Samvad

Sadja -Gandhar Samvad

Swara -Samvad

74 If frequency of Re is taken as 270 then Ma will be

300

320

340

360

75 To incorporate laya of 7 matras in 4 matras is called

Biadi

Kuadi

Adi

Laykari