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.
- Q61.
Kadri Gopalnath was associated with which musical instrument?
A. ViolinB. SaxophoneC. MandolinD. ClarineteasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q62.
Dr. N. Rajam is known for playing which instrument?
A. ViolinB. SitarC. VeenaD. SarangimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q63.
Chitti Babu is associated with which musical instrument?
A. NadaswaramB. VeenaC. MridangamD. FlutemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q64.
The Nooran Sisters are famous for which form of music?
A. Carnatic musicB. Rabindra SangeetC. DhrupadD. Sufi musiceasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q65.
Janki Bai and Gauhar Jaan performed for Emperor George V at the Delhi Durbar in which year?
A. 1903B. 1911C. 1877D. 1947hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q66.
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 › - Q67.
Bhupen Hazarika was popularly known as:
A. Bard of the BrahmaputraB. RupkonwarC. Nightingale of IndiaD. Ghazal KingeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q68.
Meer Qutub Baksh, a khayal singer, was given the title 'Tanras' by which ruler?
A. Wajid Ali ShahB. Tipu SultanC. Bahadur Shah ZafarD. AkbarhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q69.
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 › - Q70.
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 › - Q71.
G.N. Balasubramaniam was a famous:
A. Sarangi playerB. Carnatic vocalistC. Kathakali dancerD. Film directormediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q72.
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 › - Q73.
Allah Jilai Bai, famous for the song 'Kesariya Balam', was a folk singer from which state?
A. PunjabB. RajasthanC. Uttar PradeshD. GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q74.
The playback singer Kishore Kumar was born in 1929 in which town?
A. KolkataB. KhandwaC. BhopalD. IndoremediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q75.
Anup Jalota, popularly called the 'Bhajan Samrat', is famous for singing:
A. QawwalisB. Rabindra SangeetC. BhajansD. DhrupadeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q76.
Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Ustad Rashid Khan belong to which gharana of Hindustani music?
A. Kirana gharanaB. Rampur-Sahaswan gharanaC. Mewati gharanaD. Jaipur-Atrauli gharanahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q77.
Who founded the National Orchestra of India (Vadya Vrinda) at All India Radio?
A. Vishnu Digambar PaluskarB. Ustad Ali Akbar KhanC. Ustad Bismillah KhanD. Pandit Ravi ShankarmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q78.
Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri are together known as the:
A. Trinity of Carnatic MusicB. AlvarsC. Tanjore QuartetD. NavaratnaseasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q79.
Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar is a musician associated with which instrument?
A. SantoorB. SarodC. Rudra veenaD. SarangimediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q80.
Tansen, the court musician of Akbar, learnt music from which saint-musician?
A. KabirB. Amir KhusrauC. Purandara DasaD. Swami HaridasmediumAsked in RailwayView solution ›