General Awareness

Indian Music and Artists

2,860 Questions

Indian music and artists questions test knowledge of film music directors, prominent playback singers, and traditional musical forms. Topics cover Indi-pop culture, regional movie songs, and classical compositions. This section is crucial for static general awareness in competitive examinations.

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Indian Music and Artists Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Calcutta

  2. Dehradun

  3. Shimla

  4. Agra

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jana Gana Mana was first performed at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911. Rabindranath Tagore composed it in Bengali and it was later adopted as India's national anthem in 1950. The other cities (Dehradun, Shimla, Agra) were not the location of this historic first performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Calcutta

  2. Dehradun

  3. Shimla

  4. Agra

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jana Gana Mana was first performed at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911. Rabindranath Tagore composed it in Bengali and it was later adopted as India's national anthem in 1950. The other cities (Dehradun, Shimla, Agra) were not the location of this historic first performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Calcutta

  2. Dehradun

  3. Shimla

  4. Agra

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jana Gana Mana was first performed at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911. Rabindranath Tagore composed it in Bengali and it was later adopted as India's national anthem in 1950. The other cities (Dehradun, Shimla, Agra) were not the location of this historic first performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Calcutta

  2. Dehradun

  3. Shimla

  4. Agra

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jana Gana Mana was first performed at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911. Rabindranath Tagore composed it in Bengali and it was later adopted as India's national anthem in 1950. The other cities (Dehradun, Shimla, Agra) were not the location of this historic first performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Calcutta

  2. Dehradun

  3. Shimla

  4. Agra

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jana Gana Mana was first performed at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911. Rabindranath Tagore composed it in Bengali and it was later adopted as India's national anthem in 1950. The other cities (Dehradun, Shimla, Agra) were not the location of this historic first performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Pyar Ke Side Effects

  2. Jhankaar Beats

  3. White Noise

  4. Mr. & Mrs Iyer

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

"Feeling Blue" is indeed a song from the 2006 Bollywood film "Pyar Ke Side Effects" starring Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose. The song's title plays on the idiom "feeling blue" meaning sadness or melancholy.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. chakri

  2. Raghu Kunche

  3. Thaman.s

  4. Bala Subramanyam

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bumper Offer (2009) is a Telugu film starring Sairam Shankar. Raghu Kunche composed the music for this film. Chakri was a different Telugu music director. Thaman S and Bala Subramanyam (a playback singer) are not the correct answers.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Harris JayaRaj

  2. G.V.Prakash

  3. AR.Rehman

  4. ManiSharma

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Raavan (2010) directed by Mani Ratnam had A.R. Rahman as the music director. This is a duplicate of question 70492 testing the same fact. Harris Jayaraj, G.V. Prakash, and Mani Sharma are all music directors but not associated with Raavan.