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.
Lalon Fakir is famous as a composer and singer of which tradition of songs?
A. BaulB. Rabindra SangeetC. LavaniD. QawwalimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q82.
T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai was a legendary player of which instrument?
A. MridangamB. GhatamC. NadaswaramD. VeenamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q83.
R.K. Bijapure was a well-known player of which musical instrument?
A. HarmoniumB. SarodC. ShehnaiD. SitarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q84.
Arvind Parikh, a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan, is associated with which instrument?
A. SarangiB. TablaC. SitarD. SantoormediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q85.
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 › - Q86.
Ramnad V. Raghavan was a famous player of which instrument?
A. MridangamB. ViolinC. FluteD. NadaswaramhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q87.
Buddhadev Das Gupta was a well-known exponent of which instrument?
A. SantoorB. SarodC. ShehnaiD. SitarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q88.
Totaram Sharma is a famous player of which percussion instrument?
A. DholakB. TablaC. MridangamD. PakhawajhardAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q89.
The sarod, played by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, is believed to have been developed from which instrument?
A. VeenaB. RababC. SarangiD. SantoormediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q90.
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan was an exponent of which instrument?
A. SarangiB. ShehnaiC. SitarD. TablamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q91.
Ustad Imrat Khan was a renowned player of the sitar and the:
A. SurbaharB. SarangiC. SarodD. SantoormediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q92.
Pandit Anokhelal Mishra of the Benaras gharana was a famous:
A. Sitar playerB. Dhrupad singerC. Shehnai playerD. Tabla playermediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q93.
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was a famous player of which instrument?
A. NadaswaramB. ViolinC. VeenaD. MridangammediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q94.
The veena, sitar, tanpura, guitar and violin are all examples of:
A. Percussion instrumentsB. Solid instrumentsC. String instrumentsD. Wind instrumentseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q95.
Yehudi Menuhin, who performed with Pandit Ravi Shankar, was a famous:
A. PianistB. GuitaristC. CellistD. ViolinisteasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q96.
Sivamani, who received the Padma Shri in 2019, is associated with which instrument?
A. ViolinB. FluteC. SarodD. DrumseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q97.
In the Indian classification of musical instruments, the flute falls under the category of:
A. Tata vadyaB. Sushira vadyaC. Ghana vadyaD. Avanaddha vadyamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q98.
Pandit Bhawani Shankar is known as a player of which instrument?
A. SarangiB. SitarC. SantoorD. PakhawajmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q99.
Bickram Ghosh, a music composer, is also a well-known:
A. Santoor playerB. Tabla playerC. Kathak dancerD. Sarod playermediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q100.
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is a famous player of which instrument?
A. GhatamB. KanjiraC. MridangamD. ThavilmediumAsked in SSCView solution ›