1. Name the first Vice Chancellor of Madhava Sangeet Vishwa Vidyalaya Gwalior

Pt. Chittranjan ]yotishi

Pt. Vidyadhar Vyas

Pt. Ramashraya ]ha

Pt. Ganesh Prasad Mishra
2. Sitarist who played 'Surbahar' also

Pt. Ravishankar

Pt. Nikhil Banerjee

U. Rais Khan

U. Imrat Khan
3. Pt. Ram Narayan is a Wizard of

sitar

srod

dilruba

saragi
4. Singer who is well versed in both Hindustani and Karnak Music

Bal Murali Krishna.

Sudha Raghunadan.

M.R. Gautam.

R.K. Sri Kanthan.
5. Awardee of Kalidas Samman 2008

Pt. Bhavrang Bhatt

Pt. Ramashraye ]ha.

Pt. Chittranjan ]yotishi

Pt. Vidhydhar vayas.
6. Who was the author of "Sangeet Parijat" Grantha

7. Which instrument is accompanied with 'Haveli Sangeet'

8. This vocal style is the oldest

9. How many Swaras have been used in Samgan

10. Tanpura is mostly tuned in these swarar

(A) Ga Pa Sa Sa

Pa Sa Sa Sa

dha ni SA SA

MA DHA SA SA
11. The text 'Chaturdandi Prakashika' is written by

Ramamatya

Venkatamakhi

Sarangadeva

Govinda Dikshit
12. By replacing pratimadhyama in the place of Shuddha madhyam in chakravaka raga, we get

Shanmukhapriya

Simhendramadhyama

Hemavathi

Ramamanohari
13. The Signature of Swati Tirunal Maharaja

Padmanabha

Padmacharana

Tirumalesha

Jalajaksha
14. Match the following. Use the code given below
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Mrudanga Sushira Vadhya

Nadaswaram Avanadhdha Vadhya

Veena Ghana Vadhya

Ghata Tata Vadhya
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15. Assertion and Reasoning Assertion
Khandajathi attatala has 14 aksharakalas.

Reasoning Chaturshrajathi dharuvatala has 14 aksharakalas.
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is true but is false

is false but is true

Both and are true

Both and are false
16. Identify the Tagore-song in raaga shree and set to Teevra tala

Ore majhi

Veena bajao

Kaar milan chaao virhee

Ghate bose achhi
17. Identify the Tagore song in praise of Nataraj in the play Nataraj Ritu a Rangashala

Nrityer tale tale Nataraj

Pralay nachan nachle yakhan he Nataraj

Yogee he, yogee he

Tora ye ya bolis bhai
18. Identify the song entitled "VarshaaMangal" in the poetical work Kalpana

Oi ase oi ati bhairava harashe

Madhur madhur dhwani baje

He nutan dekha dik aarbar

Aji bijan ghare
19. Find out the song based on the theme of the journey of Man along with the evoluation of the universe.

Maha vishwe mahakashe mahakalmaje

Tumi kon pathe ye ele

Keno ye man bhole

Man mor megher sangi
20. Find out the Tagore song starting with the note-combination

Yadi e amar hriday-duyar

Pratidin ami

Deep nibe gechhe mamo

Ekada tumi priye
21. Number of Beats in FARODAST TAAL

12

13

14

15
22. Who was awerded 'Padma-Bhushan'

All Rakha Khan

Karamat Ulla Khan

Habibuddin

Samta Prasad (Gudai Maharaj)
23. 5/4 Denotes

AAD

QUAD

BIAD

None of these
24. Match the following

Dhap Tabla

Tirkit Pakhawaj

Dhakit Nakkara

Nada Dholak
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25. Which Gharana Ustaad AllaRakha belonged to

Delhi

Panjab

Ajarada

Farukhabad
26. One finds reference to Mridang, Veena, flute, damru etc instruments in 'Rigveda'.

It is wrong

Perhaps

It is correct

Partly
27. How many Tesxts an Music are written by Bhavbhatt

28. In North-Indian Music how many thats have been given recognition by Bhat Khaade

29. How many Vanis are there in Dhrupad

(A)30. Raga Bhimaplasi and Bageshwari belong to

31. The first string of Sitar is addressed by the name of

String of Pancham,

String of Chikari,

String of Laraz,

String of Baj.
32. Tanpura is one of the most important string instrument

Wrong

Perhaps

Correct

Less important
33. What is called Gamak

Shaking of notes,

Touching notes,

Seriously vibrating notes,

expanding notes.
34. Which is morning Sandhiprakash Raga

sarang

bhimaplasi

kalingda

sooha
35. Which is Adhavadarshak Swar








36. When a song named is sung in Dhamar Tal then it is called

khyal

thumri

dhamar

tappa
37. Lyakari is used in Style of

khyal

dhrupad

bhajan

dadra
38. Haweli Sangit is related to Singing Style of

khyal

tappa

dhrupad

thumri

39. Statement
If Classical Music is to be made popular among common people by television, then the broadcasting time of good programmes should be set when all people can watch and listen.
Reason Television is more effective Medium than Akaswani, Where classical Music should be promoted.
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is wrong but is correct.

Both and are wrong.

Both and are correct.

is correct but is wrong.

40. Which is the instrument of equally tempered scale

tanpura

harmonium

sarod

vilon
41. This rag is a mixture of miyamalhar and Sarang

Jayant malhar.

Nat Malhar.

Miya Ki Sarang.

Shuddha Sarang.
42. Which classification of Raga was popular in Medieval period

Jati Gayan.

Raganga Vargikaran.

Mela Raga Vargikaran.

Thata Raga Vargikaran.
43. Which Raga has both the Madhyams

vibhas.

malhar

marubihag

darbari

44. Match the following

Re Dha Komal Ma Tivra Malkauns.

R Ga Dha Komal Ma Tivra Pooriya Dhanashree

Ma Ni Varjit Todi

Re Pa Varjit Bhupali
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45. Which is the Ashraya Raga

kedar

sarang

bhairav

malkauns
46. Match the following
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Nat Bhairav is a mixture of these ragas. Shuddha Kalyan

(b)teevra and Ni in the Avaroha of Bhupali Komal Gandhar

Pooriya Ang is used in Pooriya Kalyan Nat and Bhairav Raga

This Gandhar is used in Kanhara Ang In Poorvanga









47. Assertion
In Maru Bihag Teevra Madhyama is used more and Shuddha Madhyama is mostly used in Rag Bihag
Reason Traditionally only Shuddha Maddhyam is used in Raga Bihag.

true False

false true

and both true

and both false

48. Who is the author of "Sanjeet Ratnakar"

bharat

matang

sharangdev

ahobal

49. The name of the Tala consisting of 10 matra is

teental

ektal

jhaptal

chartal

50. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi is famous for which style

dhrupad

dhamar

khyal

thumri
Karnatic Music -Vocal Instrumental, Percussion
26. Attatala Varna in Bhairavi raga was composed by

Mysore Sadashiva Rao

Muttuswamy Dikshitar

Pachchimiri Adippayya

Kshetragna
27. One of the Swarajathi of Shamashastry is in the raga

Yadukula Kambhoji

Kalyani

Harikambhoji

Jhunjuti
28. The father of South-Indian music is

Thyagaraja

Purandaradasa

Shamashastry

Muttuswamy Dikshitar
29. Sankeernajathi attatala has the following akshara Kalas.

24

22

20

18
30. The correspondant raga for Mayamalavagowla in Hindustani music is

Bhairav

Asaveri

Sindhu bhairavi

Aheer bhairavi
31. The Musical text 'Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini' was published in the year

1902

1906

1904

1900
32. The first mela of 72 melakarta ragas

Ratnangi

Ganamurthi

Ghenadhyuti

Kanakangi
33. Akka Mahadevi Composed

vachana

pada

tillana

javali

34. Most Commonly used raga in folk Music of South India is

Todi

Bhairavi

Neelambari

Natakapriya
35. Which among the following is an obsolete form of Musical Compositions

thaya

tana

vachan

pada

36. The Correspondent raga for chakravaka in Hindustani Music is

Bilaval

Bheempalas

Aheer bhairavi

Chandra Kouns
37. The first shuddhamela of Samaveda resembles the present day raga

Janaranjani

Chittaranjani

Manaranjani

Ranjani
38. Thyagaraja's grandfather who also Composed Yakshaganas was

Bharatisna Kavi

Abhinava Thyagaraja

Giriraja Kavi

Subbaraya Shastry
39. Assertion
and Reasoning Assertion
Manipravala is a combination of many languages. Reasoning Swati Tirunal composed in Manipravala.

is true but is false.

Both and are true.

is false but is true.

Both and are false.

40. Match the following using the code given below
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Oudhava Rishabhapriya

Shadhava Hamsadhawani

Vakra Sreeranjani

Sampurna Ananda bhairavi
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41. Match the following using the code given below
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Muttaih Bhagavatar Venkatesha

Kshetragna Sree Vidya

Jaya Chamaraja odeyar Hari kesha

Annamacharya Muvva gopala
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42. Assertion
and Reasoning
Assertion
We can find many similar ragas in Karnatak and Hindustani Music.
Reasoning Charukeshi is an equivalent raga in Karnatak music to that of Chandra kouns in Hindustani Music
Code

is true but is false.

is false but is true.

Both and are true.

Both and are false.

43. Match the following using the code given below
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KhandhaJati Attatala 20 aksharakalas

SankeernaJathi Dhruvatala 10 aksharakalas

MisraJathi Jampetala 6 aksharakalas

Chatursra Jathi Roorakatala 14 aksharakalas
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44. A popular mandolin player in South-India

Kadrigopalanath

U. Sreenivas

A.K.C. Natarajan

Mysore Manjunath
45. Dr. ML. Vasantha Kumari was a disciple of

G. N Balasubramaniam.

Shemmangudi Sreenivasa lyer.

Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar.

Chembai Vaidyanatha Iyer.
46. Tallapakam Annamacharya Composed

padams

javalis

kritis

darus
47. The equation of deriving 22 srutis

4 4 3 1 3 2 1

4 3 2 4 4 3 2

4 2 3 3 2 1 3

4 3 2 4 3 4 1
48. Bharata Experimented on

Vipanchi Veena

Mahati Veena

Dhruva and Chala Veena

Mahati and Saraswathi Veena
49. Thyagaraja has composed


50. The only Vilamba Kala Kruti in Thyagaraja's ghanaraga pancharatna is

Endaro Mahanu

Kanakanaruchira

Sadhinchane

Dudnkugala
26. The tune of the song Amar praner manush achhe prane is

baul

kirtan

jhumur

yaman

27. Duyare dao more rakhiya is set to

eleven- beta tal called ekadashi

nine-beta nabatal

Tintal

Dadra
28. The author of the book Music of Hindosthan is

A. H. Fox strangways

Arnold Bake

Ratan Devi

V. N. Bhatkhande
29. The lyric of Vande Mataram Song is written by

Bankim chandra Chattopadhyay

Rabindranath Tagore

Sharda Devi

Swarna Kumari Devi
30. Tagore's first and foremost music-drama (gitinatya) is

Valmiki-Pratibha

Mayar Khela

Dak Ghar

Naveen
31. The book Sur o Sangati is co-authored by Professor Dhurjati Prasad Mukherji and

Dilipkumar Ray

Rabindranath Tagore

Srikrishna Ratanjankar

A. A. Bake
32. Identify the raga of the song mana jago mangalaloke

bhairavi

bhairab

kalingda

behag
33. Tagore wrote Bharusimher Padavali in

sanskrit

pali

hindhi

maithili
34. The essay "The Origin and Function of Music" was written by

Sir William Jones

Edmund Spencer

Herbert Spencer

Edward Thompson
35. Prakriti is the heroine of Tagore's drama

chandalika

guru

shyama

chitrangada

36. The book The Religion of Man is marked as Tagore's

Lecture at Santiniketan temple

Lecture at Brahma-Samaj in Calcutta

Kamala memorial lecture in Calcutta university

Hibbert lecture at Oxford
37. The song Dhire bandhu dhire occurs in Tagore's drama

phalguni

vasant

naveen

guru

38. What is the Vaitalik-Mantra at Santiniketan

Om Pita No asi

Asato ma sadgamaya

Om Bhurbhuvah swah

Raso vai sah
39. Identify the song composed by Rabindranath for Girl-Guide (parallel to Boy's Scout)

Sankocher bihwalata

Chalo Jai, chalo Jai

Shurbha Karmapathe

Moder yeman khela
40. Rabindranath dedicated his play Vasant to

V. N. Bhatkhande

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Subhash Chandra Basu

Mira Devi
41. The work Alap-Alochana is Dilip Kumar Ray's dialogue with

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Satyen Basu

Rabindranath Tagore

Mahatma Gandhi
42. Identify the starting song of the Puja category

Kanna hasir dol-dolano

Surer Guru

Akash bhara surya-tara

Ogo badhu sundari
43. The thematic influence of Kalidasa's Meghautam is prominent in Rabindranath's song

Mana mor megher sangi

Tumi kemon kore gan karo

Ore bhai phagun legechhe

Chitta pipasita re
44. The book Santiniketan is marked as Rabindranath's

Thoughts on music

Village reconstruction

Congregational addresses

Educational philosophy
45. The song Amar praner pare chole gelo ke has in its tune

5 notes

6 notes

7 notes

all the 12 notes
46. ]anaganamana was composed by Rabindranath in the year

1910

1911

1912

1913
47. Identify the essay where Rabindranath mentioned mattnew Aronold's poem "An Epilogue to Lessing's Loocoon".

Sangit O Bhav

Sangit O Kabita

Sanchay

Dharma
48. Arup Ratan is the shortened form of the drama

Raja

Visarjan

Goday Galad

Natir Puja
49. Identify Rabindranath's life-span

1860-1940

1861-1941

1862-1940

1863-1947
50. The melodic structure of the song Samukhe Shaantiparaabar is based on

purabi

shree

yaman

puravi-yaman
26. Beats in 'Gajjhampa Taal'

11

13

15

17

27. falls under which class of instruments

Tat Vadya.

Ghan Vadya.

Sushir Vadya.

Avanaddh Vadya.
28. On which beat falls in Sawari Taal

7

8

9

10

29. Who mastered all four main Bajs of Tabla

Nanhe Khan

Munne Khan

Ahmadjan Thirakua

Karamat Ullakhan
30. 'Attan Khan' is famous for

Tabla

Pakhawaj

Dholak

Nakkara
31. Who founded Banaras Gharana of Tabla

Kanthe Maharaj

Gudai Maharaj

Sudai Maharaj

Ramsahaya

32. Arrange the following in Chronological order
Sangeet Ratnakar
Natya Shashtra
Bharat Ka Sangeet Siddhanta
Saundarya, Ras Evam Sangeet
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33. Name the writer of the book 'Table Par Dilli Aur Poorab'

Avam E. Mistry.

.ogmaya Shukla.

Satya Narain Vashistha.

Girism Chandra Srivastava.
34. Name the writer of the book 'Pakhawaj Aurtable Ke Gharane Avam Parampa Raen'.

Avam E. Mistry

.og Maya Shukla

Girish Chandra Srivastava

Harishchandra Srivastava
35. Name the having on its first beat

Tevra

Roopak

Dhumali

Khemta
36. Which Gharana Habibuddin belonged to

Delhi

Panjab

Ajrada

Farukhabab
37. Who was well versed in both Tabla and Pakhawaj

Ghan Shyamadas

Purushottam Das

Pagal Das

Prem Vallabh
38. Match the following

]akirhussain Delhi Gharana

Gudaimaharaj Panjab Gharana

Masit Khan Banaras Gharana

Karumat Ulla Khan Farukhabad Gharana
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39. Match the following

(a)allarakha khan sabir khan

Gudai Maharaj ]akir Hussain

karamatulla khan KUMAR LAL

Nikhil Ghosh Nayan
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40. For Tabla and Pakhawaj, Dual is made of

Goat Skin

Cow's Skin

Elephant -Skin

Camel Skin
41. Number of Taalas according to Sangeet Ratnakar

100

110

120

125
42. Which Layakari is denoted by 9/4

(A)AAD

QUAD

BIAD

NONE OF THE ABOVE
43. Match the following

Char Taal Tappa

Deepchandi Khayal

Teen Taal Thumari

Panjabi Dhrupad
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44. The book 'Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya' is written by

Girish Chandra Srivastava

Lal Mani Mishra

Bhagwat Sharan Sharma

.og Maya Shukla
45. Taal Dhumali is used for

dhrupad

saadara

ghazal

bhajan
46. Which style 'Taal ]humara' is played with

Vilambit Khayal

Drut Khayal

Chaiti

Jhulana
47. 'Theka' of which Taal has got Dhin and Tin covering 1 beat

khemta

dhumali

jhumara

farodasta
48. Math Taal of Karnatak sangeet has got the form of



10

100

101
49. Assertion
Tabla Player, who has an inclination to singing also, Can accompany a singer very well.
Reason Because he is much more sympathetic to a singer.

true true

false false

true false

false true
50. Assertion
'Peshkar' has got tremendous possibilities of its development.

Reason because a variety of combinations may be applied to it.

true false

false true

true true

false false