Gharanas of Classical Music: MCQ Test (25 questions)

Question 1 of 25

With which royal court was the musician Tansen associated?

ARewa, Gwalior, Mughal
BGwalior, Mughal, Malwa
CRewa, Mughal, Malwa
DRewa, Gwalior, Malwa

Question 2 of 25

The famous Thumri singer Girija Devi is related to—

AFrom the Banaras Gharana
BFrom the Lucknow Gharana
CFrom the Jaipur Gharana
Dnone of these

Question 3 of 25

What is Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha brother?

ADhrupad singer
BKathak dancer
CSaroj Musician
Dtabla player

Question 4 of 25

The gharana famous for Dhrupad singing is---

AMewati Gharana
BGwalior Gharana
CJaipur Gharana
Dgrocery gharana

Question 5 of 25

Pandit Jasraj has established his reputation in which of the following fields?

ALiterary writing
Binstrumental playing
Cclassical singing
Dclassical singing

Question 6 of 25

Who started the 'Dhrupad' style of singing?

AAmir Khusro
BSwami Haridas
CTansen
DVishnu Digambar Paluskar

Question 7 of 25

Famous singer Peenaz Masani is related to which singing genre?

Aclassical singing
BGhazal singing
CThumri singing
DCarnatic music

Question 8 of 25

Match the following- List- I List- II A. Classical Music 1. Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar, Mohammed Rafi B. Light Music 2. Teejan Bai, Sharda Sinha C. Folk Music 3. Purandar Das, Shyama Shastri D. Carnatic Music 4. Omkarnath Thakur, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Zaheeruddin Dagar

AABCD 4 1 2 3
BABCD 4 3 2 1
CABCD 1 2 3 4
DABCD

Question 9 of 25

Who among the following is well known in Hindustani classical music?

AShobhana Narayan
BM. S. Subbalakshmi
CPandit Yuvraj
DM. S. Gopalakrishnan

Question 10 of 25

Which of the following is not related to Ghazal singing?

ABegum Akhtar
BMallika Topaz
CPeenaz Masani
DHirabhai Varodkar

Question 11 of 25

Which of the following is a singer/singer of Hindustani classical music?

AGeeta Chandran
BLila Samson
CGangubai Hangal
DDream beauty

Question 12 of 25

Tansen, Swami Haridas and Baiju Bawda were associated with which form of Hindustani music style which had influence throughout North India?

ATune
BDhamar
CDhrupad
DTillana

Question 13 of 25

There is no gharana of Hindustani music.

Agrocery gharana
BLucknow Gharana
CGwalior Gharana
DAgra Gharana

Question 14 of 25

Who is called the father of ghazals?

AMirza Ghalib
BAmir Khusro
CBahadur Shah Zafar
DOmar Khayyam

Question 15 of 25

Match the following- List-I List-II A Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar 1. Initiated the framework of Raga classification of Indian music B Venkatamahi 2. Proponent of Carnatic music C Shyama Shastri 3. Proponent of 'Khyal' form of Hindustani music D Amir Khusro 4. Music of the song Vande Mataram

AABCD 4 1 3 2
BABCD 4 1 2 3
CABCD
DABCD

Question 16 of 25

Pandit Bhim Sen Joshi is---

Aflute player
BOdissi dancers
CHindustani singer
DSitar player

Question 17 of 25

With whom is the name Begum Akhtar associated?

AClassical playing music
BClassical Ghazal and Thumri
CSufi Ghazals
DClassical dance

Question 18 of 25

Who is called the 'Father of Carnatic Music'?

ATyagraj
BPurandar Das
CSwati Tirupal
DMuttuswamy Dixit

Question 19 of 25

Match- List-I List-II A Amrita Shergill 1. Painter B Vishnu Das Shirali 2. Musician C Begum Akhtar 3. Thumri singer D Pannalal Ghosh 4. Flute player

AABCD
BABCD 1 2 3 4
CABCD 2 3 4 1
DABCD

Question 20 of 25

The raga sung in the morning is

AToddy
Bcourtier
CBhopali
DBhimpalasi

Question 21 of 25

Where has the theory of classical music been discussed?

AIn the Rig Veda
BIn the Atharvaveda
CIn the Yajurveda
DIn the Samaveda

Question 22 of 25

Which of the following is related to classical singing?

AShivkumar Sharma
BB. G. Jog
CMallikarjun Mansoor
DAmjad Ali Khan

Question 23 of 25

Where is classical music taken from?

ARigveda
BYajurveda
CSamaveda
DAtharva Veda

Question 24 of 25

Gangubai Hangal, who died in 2009

AFamous Bharatanatyam dancer
BFamous Hindustani vocal music
CPopular Tamil Actress
Dfamous theatre personality

Question 25 of 25

At which time is Raag Desh sung?

Amiddle of the night
Bat the morning
Cin the first quarter of the night
Din the second quarter of the night