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 Allauddin Khan, the founder of the Maihar gharana, is associated with which instrument?
A. ShehnaiB. SantoorC. SarodD. TablamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q22.
Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Sabir Khan and Sandeep Das are associated with which musical instrument?
A. SarodB. FluteC. SitarD. TablamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q23.
Who was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history?
A. Asha BhosleB. Kishore KumarC. Lata MangeshkarD. Mohammed RafimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q24.
Pandit Ram Narayan, the Hindustani classical musician, was associated with which instrument?
A. ViolinB. SitarC. SantoorD. SarangimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q25.
Vidushi Sharan Rani was famous for playing which instrument?
A. VeenaB. SitarC. SarangiD. SarodmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q26.
Annapurna Devi, the daughter of Ustad Allauddin Khan, was known to practise which instrument?
A. ShehnaiB. SantoorC. SarodD. SurbaharmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q27.
Jayanthi Kumaresh is an exponent of which musical instrument?
A. VeenaB. FluteC. ViolinD. MridangammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q28.
Ustad Abdul Karim Khan belongs to which gharana, of which he was a founder?
A. Patiala gharanaB. Gwalior gharanaC. Agra gharanaD. Kirana gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q29.
Sundaram Balachander was a famous player of which instrument?
A. VeenaB. ViolinC. MridangamD. NadaswarammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q30.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Brij Bhushan Kabra produced which famous album in 1967?
A. Global Drum ProjectB. West Meets EastC. Call of the ValleyD. Planet DrummediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q31.
Mogubai Kurdikar was a vocalist of which gharana?
A. Gwalior gharanaB. Patiala gharanaC. Jaipur-Atrauli gharanaD. Kirana gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q32.
Bhajan Sopori, a maestro of the Sufiana gharana, was a famous player of which instrument?
A. SarodB. SantoorC. SitarD. Rudra veenamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q33.
T.R. Mahalingam (Flute Mali) was known for playing which instrument?
A. VeenaB. NadaswaramC. ViolinD. FlutemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q34.
Dr. N. Rajam is known for playing which instrument?
A. ViolinB. SitarC. VeenaD. SarangimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q35.
Chitti Babu is associated with which musical instrument?
A. NadaswaramB. VeenaC. MridangamD. FlutemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q36.
Tulsidas Borkar, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016, was a famous player of which instrument?
A. FluteB. SarangiC. HarmoniumD. TablamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q37.
Who holds the Guinness World Record for singing the highest number of songs (28) in one day?
A. Kumar SanuB. Kishore KumarC. Udit NarayanD. Sonu NigammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q38.
Sartaj Khan, Sarwar Khan, Swaroop Khan and Mame Khan are famous for which kind of music?
A. Rajasthani folk musicB. Carnatic musicC. Baul musicD. Rabindra SangeetmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q39.
G.N. Balasubramaniam was a famous:
A. Sarangi playerB. Carnatic vocalistC. Kathakali dancerD. Film directormediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q40.
Faiyaz Khan, Latafat Hussain Khan and Dinkar Kaikini are singers of which gharana?
A. Mewati gharanaB. Patiala gharanaC. Kirana gharanaD. Agra gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution ›