Music & Musical Instruments Questions with Solutions
This topic covers Indian classical music, its two main traditions (Hindustani and Carnatic), gharanas, ragas and talas, folk music styles, and the musical instruments of India along with the artists who are famous for playing them. It also includes the four classes of instruments: string (tata), wind (sushira), percussion (avanaddha) and solid (ghana). Exam questions usually pair an instrument with its maestro, such as the sitar with Pandit Ravi Shankar, the shehnai with Ustad Bismillah Khan or the santoor with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Other common questions ask about the origin of a gharana, the instrument a folk style uses, or the class an instrument belongs to. Making a two-column list of instruments and artists is the quickest way to revise. Practise the music and musical instruments questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q21.
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was associated with which musical instrument?
A. TablaB. SitarC. SurbaharD. SarodeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q22.
Kadri Gopalnath was associated with which musical instrument?
A. ViolinB. SaxophoneC. MandolinD. ClarineteasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q23.
The Nooran Sisters are famous for which form of music?
A. Carnatic musicB. Rabindra SangeetC. DhrupadD. Sufi musiceasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q24.
Bhupen Hazarika was popularly known as:
A. Bard of the BrahmaputraB. RupkonwarC. Nightingale of IndiaD. Ghazal KingeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q25.
Anup Jalota, popularly called the 'Bhajan Samrat', is famous for singing:
A. QawwalisB. Rabindra SangeetC. BhajansD. DhrupadeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q26.
Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri are together known as the:
A. Trinity of Carnatic MusicB. AlvarsC. Tanjore QuartetD. NavaratnaseasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q27.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, used to play which musical instrument?
A. FluteB. ViolinC. VeenaD. SitareasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q28.
The veena, sitar, tanpura, guitar and violin are all examples of:
A. Percussion instrumentsB. Solid instrumentsC. String instrumentsD. Wind instrumentseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q29.
Yehudi Menuhin, who performed with Pandit Ravi Shankar, was a famous:
A. PianistB. GuitaristC. CellistD. ViolinisteasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q30.
Sivamani, who received the Padma Shri in 2019, is associated with which instrument?
A. ViolinB. FluteC. SarodD. DrumseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q31.
Lalgudi G. Jayaraman was a famous player of which instrument?
A. ViolinB. MridangamC. FluteD. VeenaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q32.
A large narrow-mouthed earthenware pot used as a percussion instrument in Carnatic music is called the:
A. GhatamB. ThavilC. KanjiraD. MridangameasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q33.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya and Bhajan Sopori are exponents of which instrument?
A. SarangiB. SarodC. SitarD. SantooreasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q34.
Which wind instrument is traditionally played by snake charmers in India?
A. BansuriB. ShehnaiC. AlgozaD. BeeneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q35.
The 'tumbi', a folk instrument played during Bhangra, belongs to which state?
A. Himachal PradeshB. HaryanaC. PunjabD. RajasthaneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q36.
A single-stringed musical instrument made using bamboo and a gourd, popular with the Bauls, is the:
A. EktaraB. SantoorC. SarangiD. SitareasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q37.
M. L. Vasantha Kumari, a renowned vocalist, was famous for which form of music?
A. Sufi musicB. Carnatic musicC. Rabindra SangeetD. Hindustani musiceasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q38.
The song 'Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge' from the film Sholay was composed by:
A. R. D. BurmanB. Laxmikant-PyarelalC. Kalyanji-AnandjiD. S. D. BurmaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q39.
The patriotic song 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo' was first sung by:
A. Asha BhosleB. Mahendra KapoorC. Lata MangeshkarD. Mohammed RafieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q40.
How many notes are there in the scale of a 'Shadava' raga?
A. FourB. FiveC. SevenD. SixeasyAsked in SSCView solution ›