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.
- Q41.
Lata Mangeshkar recorded her first playback song for a film in which language?
A. GujaratiB. MarathiC. BengaliD. HindihardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q42.
Pandit Ram Narayan, the Hindustani classical musician, was associated with which instrument?
A. ViolinB. SitarC. SantoorD. SarangimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q43.
Vidushi Sharan Rani was famous for playing which instrument?
A. VeenaB. SitarC. SarangiD. SarodmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q44.
Annapurna Devi, the daughter of Ustad Allauddin Khan, was known to practise which instrument?
A. ShehnaiB. SantoorC. SarodD. SurbaharmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q45.
Jayanthi Kumaresh is an exponent of which musical instrument?
A. VeenaB. FluteC. ViolinD. MridangammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q46.
The Indian percussionist T.H. Vinayakram (Vikku Vinayakram) is famous for playing which instrument?
A. KanjiraB. TablaC. GhatamD. MridangameasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q47.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is associated with which musical instrument?
A. ShehnaiB. SantoorC. Bansuri (flute)D. SarodeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q48.
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 › - Q49.
Ustad Vilayat Khan was a famous player of which instrument?
A. ShehnaiB. SitarC. SarangiD. SarodeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q50.
Sundaram Balachander was a famous player of which instrument?
A. VeenaB. ViolinC. MridangamD. NadaswarammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q51.
Ustad Sultan Khan was a famous player of which instrument?
A. SarodB. SantoorC. ShehnaiD. SarangieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q52.
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 › - Q53.
Mogubai Kurdikar was a vocalist of which gharana?
A. Gwalior gharanaB. Patiala gharanaC. Jaipur-Atrauli gharanaD. Kirana gharanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q54.
Bhajan Sopori, a maestro of the Sufiana gharana, was a famous player of which instrument?
A. SarodB. SantoorC. SitarD. Rudra veenamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q55.
L. Subramaniam, the violinist, is famous for which form of music?
A. Rabindra SangeetB. Carnatic musicC. QawwaliD. DhrupadeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q56.
The Sabri Brothers, Aziz Warsi and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are associated with which form of music?
A. DhrupadB. Carnatic musicC. ThumriD. QawwalieasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q57.
Nikhil Banerjee was a famous player of which instrument?
A. SarodB. TablaC. SantoorD. SitareasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q58.
T.R. Mahalingam (Flute Mali) was known for playing which instrument?
A. VeenaB. NadaswaramC. ViolinD. FlutemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q59.
Ustad Asad Ali Khan, a rudra veena player, was a master of which of the four schools (banis) of Dhrupad?
A. DagarB. KhandarC. GauharD. NauharhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q60.
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was associated with which musical instrument?
A. TablaB. SitarC. SurbaharD. SarodeasyAsked in SSCView solution ›