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.
- Q81.
Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is associated with which musical instrument?
A. VeenaB. MridangamC. ViolinD. FlutemediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q82.
'Mahuri' is a traditional wind instrument of which state?
A. AssamB. OdishaC. KeralaD. PunjabmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q83.
Talvin Singh, the British-Indian musician, is associated with which instrument?
A. FluteB. SitarC. TablaD. SarodmediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q84.
Basanti Devi Bisht, a folk singer from Uttarakhand, is famous for singing:
A. JagarB. LavaniC. BhatialiD. BihumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q85.
The singing of 'Pankhida' by peasants while working in the fields is associated with which state?
A. PunjabB. RajasthanC. HaryanaD. GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q86.
The vocal music form 'Tappa' is originally associated with which region?
A. PunjabB. BengalC. KeralaD. AssammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q87.
Which folk song is popular in North Bengal, western Assam and northern Bangladesh?
A. BhawaiyaB. MandoC. LavaniD. PowadamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q88.
Ovi (Owi) is a folk song tradition of which state?
A. OdishaB. KarnatakaC. GujaratD. MaharashtramediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q89.
The form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the god Vithoba is called:
A. AbhangB. TiruppavaiC. Bhajan of KabirD. BorgeetmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q90.
Wanawan, a folk music form of Kashmir, is sung mainly during:
A. harvest festivalsB. wedding ceremoniesC. funeralsD. boat racesmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q91.
In contemporary Carnatic music, how many 'Melakarta' ragas are there?
A. 32B. 108C. 10D. 72mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q92.
The 13th-century musical treatise 'Sangeet Ratnakar' was composed by:
A. VenkatamakhinB. Bharata MuniC. Matanga MuniD. SharngadevamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q93.
Bongeet (forest or nature songs) is mainly a folk song form of which state?
A. KeralaB. PunjabC. AssamD. RajasthanmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q94.
Which gharana of Hindustani music was founded by Ali Baksh Jarnail and Fateh Ali Khan?
A. Kirana gharanaB. Gwalior gharanaC. Agra gharanaD. Patiala gharanamediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q95.
Chakri, a choral folk song form, belongs to which region?
A. PunjabB. RajasthanC. SikkimD. KashmirmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q96.
'Lalon Fakir' is associated with which music tradition?
A. Rabindra SangeetB. BhatialiC. Baul musicD. QawwalimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q97.
Janapada Geethe is a folk music tradition of which state?
A. KarnatakaB. Tamil NaduC. Andhra PradeshD. KeralamediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q98.
In a Hindustani classical composition (bandish), the second part is called the:
A. AlaapB. SthayiC. AntaraD. TihaimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q99.
The classical singer Uday Bhawalkar is an exponent of which style of music?
A. DhrupadB. GhazalC. QawwaliD. ThumrimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q100.
Who wrote the lyrics of the famous song 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'?
A. Javed AkhtarB. GulzarC. Prasoon JoshiD. Piyush PandeymediumAsked in PoliceView solution ›