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Music Historiography of India

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the father of Indian music historiography?

  1. Sharngadeva
  2. Bharata Muni
  3. Matanga
  4. Nanyadeva
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the ancient Indian treatise on music that deals with the theory of music?

  1. Natya Shastra
  2. Brihaddeshi
  3. Sangita Ratnakara
  4. Sangeetamakaranda
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major genre of Indian classical music?

  1. Hindustani
  2. Carnatic
  3. Qawwali
  4. Dhrupad
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the greatest exponent of Hindustani classical music?

  1. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
  2. Ravi Shankar
  3. Bismillah Khan
  4. Vilayat Khan
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major instrument used in Carnatic classical music?

  1. Veena
  2. Mridangam
  3. Violin
  4. Tabla
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the annual music festival held in Chennai, India?

  1. Margazhi Music Festival
  2. Dover Lane Music Conference
  3. Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
  4. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the father of modern Indian music?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Swami Vivekananda
  3. Sri Aurobindo
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major music university in India?

  1. Sangeet Natak Akademi
  2. Prayag Sangeet Samiti
  3. Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
  4. Banaras Hindu University
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian government agency that promotes and preserves Indian classical music?

  1. Sangeet Natak Akademi
  2. Indian Council for Cultural Relations
  3. Sahitya Akademi
  4. National School of Drama
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major music award in India?

  1. Padma Shri
  2. Padma Bhushan
  3. Padma Vibhushan
  4. Bharat Ratna
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the greatest exponent of Carnatic classical music?

  1. M.S. Subbulakshmi
  2. D.K. Pattammal
  3. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
  4. G.N. Balasubramaniam
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major music festival held in India?

  1. Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
  2. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan
  3. Dover Lane Music Conference
  4. Khajuraho Dance Festival
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the annual music festival held in Mumbai, India?

  1. Dover Lane Music Conference
  2. Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
  3. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan
  4. Mumbai Festival
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the greatest exponent of Dhrupad singing?

  1. Ustad Zakir Hussain
  2. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  3. Ustad Vilayat Khan
  4. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major music genre of India?

  1. Hindustani
  2. Carnatic
  3. Qawwali
  4. Baul
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