Musicians & Instruments

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🔰 Bismillah Khan – Shehnai ह िंदी + Eng
🔰 Pandit Ravi Shankar – Sitar Top MCQ
🔰 Zakir Hussain – Tabla
🔰 PN Krishnan – Violinist
🔰 Pannalal Ghosh – Flute
🔰 Bhajan Sopori – Santoor
Q.1.
Which musical instrument is Bismillah Khan related?
हिस्मिल्ला खााँ का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्ययिंत्र से ै?

a) Shehnai Bismillah Khan (Banaras Gharana)

• Bharat Ratna -2001)
b) Tabla • Padma Vibhushan (1980)
• Padma Bhushan (1968)
c) Flute • Padma Shri (1961)
d) Sitar
• Other Shehnai player
• Dayashankar Jagannath,
Option : A • Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan.
Q.2.
Zakir Hussain is related to which musical instrument?
जाहकर हुसैन हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सिंििंहित ैं?

a) Santoor • Zakir Hussain was awarded

the titles of Padma Shri in
b) Tabla 1988,
• Padma Bhushan in 2002.
c) The clarinet • Padma Vibhushan in 2023
• Other Tabla player
d) Harp • Latif Khan,
• Allarakha Khan,
Option : B • Kishan Maharaj,
• Sukhwinder Singh.
Q.3.
Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with which musical
instrument?
पिंहित रहवशिंकर का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्ययन्त्र से ै?

a) Sitar
b) Tabla • Padit Ravi Shankar
• Bharat Ratna (1999)
c) flute • Padma Vibhushan (1981)
• Padma Bhushan (1967)
d) The clarinet • Roman Mangsamsay Award (1992)
• Kalidasa Samman 1987-88
Option : A
Imp Facts

• Other Sitar player-

• Nikhil Banerjee,
• Bande Hasan,
• Shaheed Parvez,
• Umashankar Mishra,
• Vilayat Khan
• Anushka Shankar
Q.4.
Hariprasad Chaurasia is associated with which
musical instrument?
ररप्रसाद चौरहसया का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) Santoor (सिंतूर)
• Hari Prasad Chaurasia
b) Tabla (तिला) • Padma Bhushan - 1992
• Padma Vibhushan - 2000
c) Flute (िािंसुरी)
d) Veena (वीणा) • Other Flute player
• Pannalal Ghosh
• V. Kunjamani,
Option : C • N. Neela,
• Rajendra Kulkarni
Q.5.
M. S. Subbulakshmi is Related To Which Musical
Instrument ?
एम. एस. सुब्बुलक्ष्मी हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सम्बिंहित ैं?

a) Tanpura
• She was the first musician ever to
b) Shehnai be awarded the Bharat Ratna
(1998), India's highest civilian
c) Sarod honour.
• She is the first Indian musician to
d) Veena receive the Ramon Magsaysay award
in 1974
Option :A
Q.6.
Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which musical instrument?
अमजद अली खािं का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) Santoor
b) Tabla • Ali Akbar Khan – Padm
vibhushan 1989
c) Flute • Other Sarod player
• Alauddin Khan,
d) Sarod • Hafiz Khan,
• Zareen Daruwala,
Option :D • Mukesh Sharma.
Q.7.
Bhimsen Joshi is Related To Which Musical
Instrument ?
भीमसेन जोशी का सिंििंि हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से ै?

a) Sarangi
• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi :- Music
b) Shehnai (Kirana Gharana)
c) Sarod • Padma Shri—1972,
d) Harmonium, Tanpura • Padma Bhushan—1985,
• Padma Vibhushan—1999,
Option :D • Bharat Ratna—2008
Q.8.
Ali Akbar Khan is Related To Which Musical
Instrument ?
अली अकिर खान हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सिंििंहित ै?

a) Sarangi • Ali Akbar Khan was an Indian

Hindustani classical musician of the
b) Shehnai Maihar gharana, known for his
c) Sarod virtuosity in playing the sarod.
• Ali Akbar Khan was awarded the
d) Harmonium Padma
Bhushan in 1967 and the
• Padma Vibhushan in 1989
Option :C
Q.9.
Kishan Maharaj is Related To Which Musical
Instrument ?
हकशन म ाराज हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सिंििंहित ैं?

a) Santoor
b) Tabla • Pandit Kishan Maharaj was
an Indian tabla player who
c) Flute belonged to the Benares
Gharana of Hindustani
d) Sarod classical music.
• Padma Shri in 1973
Option :B • Padma Vibhushan in 2002
Q.10.
T. N. Krishnan is associated with which musical instrument?
T. N. कृष्णन का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) Shehnai
• Violinist —
b) Tabla
c) Violin • Dr. N. Rajan,
• Vishnu Govind Jog,
d) Sitar • L Subramaniam,
• Sangeeta Rajan.
Option :C
Q.11.
Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar is associated with which musical
instrument?
कल्याण कृष्ण भगवतार का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Harp (वीणा) • Veena player

c) Flute (िासुरी) S. Balachandran,

• Badruddin Dangar,
d) Sitar (हसतार) • B. Doroswami Iyengar

Option : B
Q.12.
Bhajan Sopori is related to which musical
instrument?
भजन सोपोरी का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) Santoor (सिंतूर )
b) Harp (वीणा) • Bhajan Sopori was
awarded the Sangeet
c) Flute (िासुरी) Natak Akademi Award
in 1992.
d) Sitar (हसतार) • Padma Shri in 2004.

Option :A
Imp Facts

• Shiv Kumar Sharma is also a

santoor player.
• Sangeet akadami award
1986
• Padma Bhushan - 2001
• Padmashree - 1991
Q.13.
Which musical instrument is Ustad Rehman Khan related?
उस्ताद र मान खााँ का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Harp (वीणा)
c) Pakhawaj (पखावज)
d) Sitar (हसतार) • Other Pakhawaj players
• Tota Ram Sharma
• Gopal Das
Option : C • Pandit Ayodhya Prasad
• Babu Ram Shankar
Q.14.
Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan and Asad Ali Khan are related to which
musical instrument?
उस्ताद साहदक अली खााँ और असद अली खााँ का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र
से ै?
a) The clarinet (श नाई)
b) Harp (वीणा)
c) Rudraveena (रूद्रवीणा )
d) Sitar (हसतार)

Option : C
Q.15.
Which musical instrument is Ustad Bindाा
Khan related?
उस्ताद हििंदा खााँ का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Harp (वीणा) • Other Stringed
players
c) Rudraveena (रूद्रवीणा ) • Shakur Khan
d) Stringed instrument(सारिं गी ) • Ramesh Mishra
• Sultan Khan
• Pandit Ram Narayana
Option :D
Q.16.
Dr. Jagdish Singh is related to which musical
instrument?
िॉ. जगदीश हसिं का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Mridangam (मृदिंगम् ) • Mridangam player –
c) Rudraveena (रूद्रवीणा ) • Thakur Bhikam Singh,
• Shiv Raman
d) Sitar (हसतार) • K. V. Prasad
• S.V. Rajarao
Option :B
Q.17.
Neeruswamy Pillai is associated with which musical instrument?
नीरूस्वामी हपल्लई का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Harp (वीणा)
c) Rudraveena (रूद्रवीणा )
d) Nadaswam (नादस्वम्)
• Nadaswam player
Option :D • Shake Chinna Maulana
• Rajaratna Pillai
Q.18.
Zubin Mehta is associated with which musical instrument?
जुहिन मे ता का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) The clarinet (श नाई)

b) Simzhni (हसम्झनी)
c) Rudraveena (रूद्रवीणा )
d) Nadaswam (नादस्वम्)

Option : B
Q.19.
Braj Bhushan Kabra is Related To Which Musical Instrument ?
ब्रज भूषण कािरा हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सिंििंहित ै?

a) Tabla
b) Mridangam
c) Guitar
d) Harmonium

Option : C
Q.20.
Annapurna Devi is Related To Which Musical
Instrument ?
अन्नपूणा दे वी हकस वाद्य यिंत्र से सिंििंहित ै?

a) Tabla
b) Surbahar Sitar
• Annapurna Devi, awarded
c) Guitar the Padma Bhushan in 1977,
d) Harmonium belonged to the Surbahar
musical instrument.

Option : B
Q.21.
पिंहित जसराज ने हनम्नहलस्मखत में से हकस क्षेत्र में प्रहतष्ठा
अहजित की ै?
Pandit Jasraj has earned a reputation in which
of the following fields?

a) literary writing
b) instrument playing • Pandit Jasraj :- Musician
(Mewati Gharana)
c) Classical singing • Padma Shri—1975,
• Padma Bhushan—1990
d) Classical dance • Padma Vibhushan—2000,
• Sangeet Natya Akademi
Option : C Award – 1987
Q.22.
प्रभा अत्रे हकस क्षेत्र से सिंििंहित ै ?
Prabha Atre belongs to which field?

a) literary writing • Prabha Atre :- Indian

classical music singer
b) instrument playing (Kirana Gharana)
c) Classical singing • Padma Shri—1990,
• Padma Bhushan—2002,
d) Classical dance • Padma Vibhushan—2022
• Sangeet Natak Akademi
Option : C Award — 1991
 Question for You
Bhajan Sopori is related to which musical instrument?
भजन सोपोरी का सम्बन्ध हकस वाद्य यन्त्र से ै?

a) Santoor (सिंतूर)√√
b) Tabla (तिला)
c) Flute (िािंसुरी)
d) Veena (वीणा)
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