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.
- Q121.
The Mohan veena, a modified Hawaiian guitar also called the Hindustani slide guitar, was created and popularised by:
A. Vishwa Mohan BhattB. Shivkumar SharmaC. Brij Bhushan KabraD. U. SrinivasmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q122.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya and Bhajan Sopori are exponents of which instrument?
A. SarangiB. SarodC. SitarD. SantooreasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q123.
Palghat Mani Iyer is associated with which musical instrument?
A. VeenaB. NadaswaramC. MridangamD. ViolinmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q124.
Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai was a famous player of which instrument?
A. VeenaB. KanjiraC. NadaswaramD. FlutehardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q125.
Murad Ali is a well-known player of which instrument?
A. SitarB. SarodC. SantoorD. SarangimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q126.
Pandit S. Ballesh is a well-known player of which instrument?
A. FluteB. SarangiC. ShehnaiD. TablamediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q127.
Pandit Shivnath Mishra of the Banaras gharana is associated with which instrument?
A. SitarB. ShehnaiC. SarangiD. TablamediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q128.
Karaikudi R. Mani was a renowned player of which instrument?
A. NadaswaramB. GhatamC. MridangamD. ViolinmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q129.
Which wind instrument is traditionally played by snake charmers in India?
A. BansuriB. ShehnaiC. AlgozaD. BeeneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q130.
Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is associated with which musical instrument?
A. VeenaB. MridangamC. ViolinD. FlutemediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q131.
The 'bhungal', a long trumpet-like instrument used in Bhavai performances, is played in which state?
A. PunjabB. AssamC. RajasthanD. KeralahardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q132.
The 'tumbi', a folk instrument played during Bhangra, belongs to which state?
A. Himachal PradeshB. HaryanaC. PunjabD. RajasthaneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q133.
A single-stringed musical instrument made using bamboo and a gourd, popular with the Bauls, is the:
A. EktaraB. SantoorC. SarangiD. SitareasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q134.
'Mahuri' is a traditional wind instrument of which state?
A. AssamB. OdishaC. KeralaD. PunjabmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q135.
A mouth instrument made from a single piece of bamboo with a split at one end, played during Bihu, is called the:
A. GogonaB. PepaC. TokaD. XutulihardAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q136.
Talvin Singh, the British-Indian musician, is associated with which instrument?
A. FluteB. SitarC. TablaD. SarodmediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q137.
M. L. Vasantha Kumari, a renowned vocalist, was famous for which form of music?
A. Sufi musicB. Carnatic musicC. Rabindra SangeetD. Hindustani musiceasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q138.
Basanti Devi Bisht, a folk singer from Uttarakhand, is famous for singing:
A. JagarB. LavaniC. BhatialiD. BihumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q139.
Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi is a proponent of which folk tradition?
A. JagarB. LavaniC. DayroD. PandavanihardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q140.
The singing of 'Pankhida' by peasants while working in the fields is associated with which state?
A. PunjabB. RajasthanC. HaryanaD. GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution ›