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Musical instruments - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded which of the following awards by the Government of India in 1999?
    1. Padma Vibhushan
    2. Padma Bhushan
    3. Padma Shri
    4. Bharat Ratna
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  2. Question 2

    Who among the following is/was a famous starist?
    1. Ravi Shankar
    2. Ustad Bismillah Khan
    3. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
    4. Zakir Hussain
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  3. Question 3

    Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh is famous for playing the ______.
    1. Saraswati Veena
    2. Ghatam
    3. Harmonium
    4. Mridangam
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  4. Question 4

    Chitti Babu is a well-known ______.
    1. Sitar player
    2. Sarod player
    3. Tabla player
    4. Veena player
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  5. Question 5

    Who among the following is known for playing the Mridangam?
    1. Ram Narayan
    2. TH Vinayakram
    3. Asad Ali Khan
    4. RV Raghavan
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  6. Question 6

    Guruvayur Dorai is associated with playing the ______.
    1. Sarangi
    2. Tabla
    3. Mridangam
    4. Rudra Veena
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  7. Question 7

    Who among the following is a famous Sitar player?
    1. Imrat Khan
    2. Asad Ali Khan
    3. Rashid Khan
    4. Begum Akhtar
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  8. Question 8

    Who among the following is a Hindustani classical vocalist?
    1. Shiv Kumar Sharma
    2. Zakir Hussain
    3. Kishori Amonkar
    4. TR Mahalingam
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  9. Question 9

    Who among the following is a Carnatic music vocalist?
    1. L. Subramaniam
    2. Ravi Shankar
    3. Alla Rakha
    4. M. Balamuralikrishna
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  10. Question 10

    Haddu Khan and Hassu Khan were regarded as great masters of which style?
    1. Tappa
    2. Drupad
    3. Thumri
    4. Khyal
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  11. Question 11

    Who among the following musicians plays Carnatic music and also known as ‘God of Ghatam’?
    1. RV Raghavan
    2. Ram Narayan
    3. TH Vinayakram
    4. Asad Ali Khan
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  12. Question 12

    Which of the following Indian classical musicians is also known as Sarod Maestro?
    1. Bismillah Khan
    2. Amjad Ali Khan
    3. RV Raghavan
    4. Asad Ali Khan
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  13. Question 13

    The first musician to be awarded with the highest civilian award of India, the ‘Bharat Ratna’ was ______.
    1. Madurai Mani Iyer
    2. Sudha Ragunathan
    3. MS Subbulakshmi
    4. Lalitha Venkataraman
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  14. Question 14

    Oppalapu Shrinivas was a ______ player who was awarded with the Padma Shri in 1998.
    1. violin
    2. veena
    3. mandolin
    4. tabla
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  15. Question 15

    Identify the Indian musician who is associated with any string instrument.
    1. Zakir Hussain
    2. Pandit Ravi Shankar
    3. Krishna Ram Chaudhary
    4. Anindo Chatterjee
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  16. Question 16

    Identify the Indian musician who is associated with Wina Instrument (played by blowing).
    1. Pandit Deen Dayal
    2. Bismillah Khan
    3. Vishwa Mohan Bhat
    4. Pandit Ravi Shankar
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  17. Question 17

    Pandit Ram Narayan, who was awarded the Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015–2016, is a ______ player.
    1. flute
    2. violin
    3. sarangi
    4. sarod
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  18. Question 18

    Who among the following eminent musicians is a famous tabla player?
    1. Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan
    2. Ustad Zakir Hussain
    3. Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan
    4. Ustad Moinuddin Khan
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  19. Question 19

    Kala Ramnath is associated with which of the following gharanas?
    1. Indore gharana
    2. Mewati gharana
    3. Bhendibazaar gharana
    4. Agra gharana
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  20. Question 20

    Anupama Bhagwat is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
    1. Surbahar
    2. Sitar
    3. Mridangam
    4. Sarangi
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