Music Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Indian Music Quiz Set 13

Questions
1 Which Raga will be revealed if ‘G M R S’ is used instead of ‘R M R S’ in Raga Shuddha Sarang ?
1 Kamod
2 Vrindavani Sarang
3 Shyam Kalyan
4 Hameer

Answer: Shyam Kalyan
2 Different parts of ‘Geet’ are known as :
1 Dhatu
2 Vidari
3 Aang
4 Abhog

Answer: Vidari

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3 Which artiste has played compositions based on ‘Tappa’ style ?
1 Buddhaditya Mukherjee
2 D.T. Joshi
3 V.G. Jog
4 Gokul Nag

Answer: Buddhaditya Mukherjee
4 In which text classification of Ragas based upon Male and Female has been described for the first time ?
1 Natya Shastra
2 Brihaddeshi
3 Sangeet Makrand
4 Abhinav Geetanjali.

Answer: Abhinav Geetanjali
5 Which Author has described ‘Sanyas, Vinayas and Antarmarg’ ?
1 Bharat
2 Sharangdev
3 Matang
4 Dattilam

Answer: Sharangdev
6 ‘Shiv’ has been depicted in the ‘Dhyanas’ of which Raga ?
1 Bhairav
2 Todi
3 Lalit
4 Bhairavi

Answer: Bhairav
7 How many Sansthanas has been described by Lochan in his Text ?
1 15
2 10
3 24
4 12

Answer: 12
8 Raga Pilu belongs to which ‘Anga’ ?
1 Todi
2 Kafi
3 Malhar
4 Kanhara

Answer: Kafi
9 ‘Langhan’ and ‘Abhyaas’ indicates to :
1 Swar - Tana
2 Rag - Thata
3 Alpatva - Bahutva
4 Alankar

Answer: Alpatva - Bahutva
10 Both forms of which swara is used in Raga Yamini Bilawal ?
1 Nishad
2 Dhaiwat
3 Madhyam
4 Gandhar

Answer: Madhyam
11 Order of speed of Laya from fast to medium and slow is known as :
1 Pipelika
2 Gopuccha
3 Mridanga
4 Sma

Answer: Gopuccha
12 ‘Ranasingha’ Instrument belongs to which category ?
1 Tatta
2 Vitatta
3 Ghana
4 Sushir

Answer: Sushir
13 Folk song ‘Bhawaia’ belongs to which state ?
1 Bengal
2 Gujrat
3 Punjab
4 Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: Bengal
14 ‘Abhinav Bharti’ is the commentary of which Text ?
1 Nardiya Shiksha
2 Natya Shastra
3 Brihaddheshi
4 Sangeet Ratnakar

Answer: Natya Shastra
15 Who is the author of ‘Man Kutuhal’ :
1 Jaidev
2 Man Singh Tomar
3 Pundrik Vithal
4 Bhavbhatt

Answer: Man Singh Tomar

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