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In Indian classical music, the total 1. ®¡à¹t¡ãÚ ÅàÑ|ãÚ ÎUãìt¡ Åøç¡[t¡¹ ë³ài¡ Î}J¸à Òº number of Shrutis are (A) 20 (A) 20 (B) 21 (B) 21 (C) 22 (C) 22 (D) (D) None of the above l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 2. What is the correct order for 2. l¡üƒàv¡, ">åƒàv¡ &¤} Ѭ[¹t¡ ë¤àc¡àì>๠\>¸ ‘Udatta’, ‘Anudatta’ and ‘Swarita’ [>³—[º[Jt¡ ëA¡à>ô yû¡³[i¡ Î[k¡A¡? respectively? (A) >ãWå¡, ³‹¸, l¡üòWå¡ (A) Lower, Middle, Upper (B) l¡üòWå¡, >ãWå¡, ³‹¸ (B) Upper, Lower, Middle (C) l¡üòWå¡, ³‹¸, >ãWå¡ (C) Upper, Middle, Lower (D) (D) None of the above l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 3. The most prominent and very 3. ¹àìK ¤¸¤Òê¡t¡ Ѭ¹P¡[º¹ ³ì‹¸ ë™ Ñ¬¹[i¡ "[‹A¡ frequently used swara in a raga is š[¹³àìo šøìÚàK A¡¹à ÒÚ, t¡àìA¡ ¤ìº called (A) ¤àƒã Ѭ¹ (A) Vadi Swara (B) γ¤àƒã Ѭ¹ (B) Samvadi Swara (C) >¸àΠѬ¹ (C) Nyas Swara (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú (D) None of the above 4. 4. The third part of a song is known as Kàì>¹ t¡õt¡ãÚ [¤®¡àK[i¡ìA¡ ¤ºà ÒÚ (A) Sthayi (A) Ñ‚àÚã (B) Antara (B) "”z¹à (C) Sanchari (C) Îe¡à¹ã (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 5. Number of Vikrit Swaras in Indian 5. ®¡à¹t¡ãÚ ÅàÑ|ãÚ ÎUãìt¡ [¤Aõ¡t¡ Ѭ칹 Î}J¸à Òº classical music are (A) (A) five šòàW¡[i¡ (B) six (B) áÚ[i¡ (C) seven (C) Îàt¡[i¡ (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú /9 2 6. Alapti is 6. "àº[œ¡ Òº (A) Sargam (A) ιK³ (B) Anibaddha Alap (B) "[>¤‡ý¡ "àºàš (C) Andolan (C) "àì–ƒàº> (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 7. The number of strings in a Tanpura 7. is/are t¡à>šå¹àÚ t¡àì¹¹ Î}J¸à Òº (A) one (A) &A¡[i¡ (B) two (B) ƒåÒü[i¡ (C) three (C) [t¡>[i¡ (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 8. Which musical instrument is 8. ‹øç¡šƒ &¤} ‹à³à¹ "ìU¹ Kàì>¹ ÎìU Î}Kìt¡¹ commonly used for accompaniment \>¸ Îà‹à¹ot¡ ëA¡à>ô ¤àƒ¸™”|[i¡ ¤¸¤Ò๠A¡¹à ÒÚ? with Dhrupad and Dhamar? (A) šàìJàÚà\ (A) Pakhwaj (B) (B) Ghatam Qi¡³ (C) (C) Sreekhol ÅøãìJຠ(D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 9. A song composed in such a way 9. ë™ Kàì>¹ ®¡àÈàÚ ¹àìK¹ [¤[®¡Ä ºÛ¡oP¡[º šøA¡àÅ that it represents the various šàÚ, ëÎÒü Kà>ìA¡ ¤ìº characteristics of a Raga, is called (A) ºÛ¡oKãt¡ (A) Lakshan-geet (B) Ѭ¹³à[ºA¡à (B) Swarmalika (C) ëJÚຠ(C) Khayal (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú (D) None of the above 10. 10. Jhala is associated with c¡àºà ëA¡à>ô ¤àƒ¸™ì”|¹ ÎìU ™åv¡û¡? (A) Tabla (A) t¡¤ºà (B) Sitar (B) ëÎt¡à¹ (C) Pakhwaj (C) šàìJàÚà\ (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú /9 3 [ P.T.O. 11. Kaida is played on which musical 11. A¡àÚƒà ëA¡à>ô ¤àƒ¸™ì”| ¤à\àì>à ÒÚ? instrument? (A) ëÎt¡à¹ (A) Sitar (B) Îì¹àƒ (B) Sarod (C) t¡¤ºà (C) Tabla (D) (D) None of the above l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 12. According to modern scholars, the 12. "à‹å[>A¡ š[r¡t¡ìƒ¹ ³ìt¡, ë™ Åøç¡[t¡¹ l¡üš¹ ‘Îà’ Shruti on which ‘Sa’ is placed is Ñ‚à[št¡, ëÎ[i¡ Òº (A) Kumudvati (A) A塳å‡t¡ã (B) Manda (B) ³–ƒà (C) Dayavati (C) ƒÚà¤t¡ã (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 13. How many types of Saptaks are there? 13. Îœ¡A¡ A¡Ú šøA¡à¹? (A) Four (A) W¡à¹ (B) Five (B) šòàW¡ (C) Six (C) áÚ (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 14. The process where the Swaras of 14. ¹àìK¹ Ѭ¹P¡[º >ãWå¡ šƒ¢à ë=ìA¡ yû¡³à>åÎàì¹ l¡üòWå¡ a Raga are sung serially in an ascending order is known as šƒ¢àÚ ™à¤à¹ K[t¡ìA¡ ¤ìº (A) Aroha (A) "àì¹àÒ (B) Abroha (B) "¤ì¹àÒ (C) Pakad (C) šA¡Øl¡ (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú 15. Hiding the main ‘Swaroop’ of a Raga 15. ³èº ¹àK ë=ìA¡ Îì¹ [KìÚ ">¸ ¹àìK¹ Ѭ¹ by deviating from the Raga and ¤¸¤Ò๠A¡ì¹ ³èº ¹àìK¹ Ѭ¹ê¡šìA¡ áà[šìÚ using Swaras of a different Raga is ™à*ÚàìA¡ ¤ìº termed as (A) (A) Abirbhav "à[¤®¢¡à¤ (B) Tirobhav (B) [t¡ì¹à®¡à¤ (C) Alap (C) "àºàš (D) None of the above (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú /9 4 16. The reference of Veena, Mridanga, 16. ëA¡à>ô ë¤ìƒ ¤ãoà, ³õƒU, ¤}Åã, l¡³¹ç¡ šø®õ¡[t¡ Flute, Damru and other musical ¤àƒ¸™ì”|¹ l¡üìÀJ šà*Úà ™àÚ? instruments are found in which Veda? (A) ˜¡Aô¡ì¤ìƒ (A) Rigveda (B) Îà³ì¤ìƒ (B) Samaveda (C) "=¤¢ì¤ìƒ (C) Atharvaveda (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú (D) None of the above 17. ‘³Ò஡à¹t¡’ ³ÒàA¡à줸 ëA¡à>ô Nøàì³¹ ¤o¢>à šà*Úà 17. The epic Mahabharata contains the ™àÚ? description of which Grama? (A) ÈØl¡\ Nøà³ (A) Sharaj Grama (B) ³‹¸³ Köà³ (B) Madhyam Grama (C) KàÞê¡à¹ Nøà³ (C) Gandhar Grama (D) l¡üšì¹¹ ëA¡à>[i¡Òü >Ú (D) None of the above 18.