Music Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Indian Music Quiz Set 47
Questions
1
Who lived in ‘Pathuriaghata’ among the following members of Tagore family ?
Answer: Sourindramohan Tagore
2
Who was the founder of ‘Bengal Academy’ of Music ?
Answer: Sourindramohan Tagore
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3
Which of the following songs comes under ‘Puja Paryay’ ?
Answer: All of these
4
Who was the creator of Indian-English mixed tune of compositions like Skotch-Bhupali, Italian-Jhijhit etc ?
Answer: Jyotirindranath Tagore
5
‘Bandh bhenge Dao, Bandh bhenge Dao…’ song is from which dance-drama ?
Answer: Taser Desh
6
‘Aaji Dakhino-Duar Khola…’ song was composed in praise of which season of the year ?
Answer: Spring (Basant)
7
Which song was composed on the occasion of ‘tree plantation’ at Shantiniketan ?
Answer: Maru Bijoyer Ketan Udao
8
‘Anand’ is a main character of which dance-drama written by R.N. Tagore ?
Answer: Chandalika
10
‘Tahare Arati Kore Chandra Tapan…’ song is based on which raga ?
Answer: Bada Hans-Sarang
11
Which one of the following is the original singing style of the song ‘Charan Dhwani Suni Taba Nath…’ ?
Answer: Dhrupad
12
Which one of the following is the correct ‘Matra-Bibhag’ for ‘Nabatal’ ?
Answer: 3 + 2 + 2 + 2
14
Who was the founder of ‘Vrindavadan’ (Orchestra) in the theatres of Kolkata ?
Answer: Kshetramohan Goswami
15
‘Amar Sonar Bangla….’ song was composed following which type of music ?
Answer: Baul