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1. Which of the following pairs of Thumri Singing- describing women's maternal homes and is sung by village
characteristics is correct? wormenfolk while performing routine chores throughout
the day, belongs to which state?
I. Poorab - fairly slow and staid
II. Punjab - more mercurial
(a) Mizoram/ (b) Goa/
(a) Only I (b) Both I and II
(c) Assam/ (d) Maharashtra/
(c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II 7. Filmmaker Utpal Borpujari's documentary, 'Songs of the
2. The famous song 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo' was originally _____'is based on the folk songs and culture of the Naga
sung by ______. tribes.
(a) Shreya Ghoshal/
(b) Arijit Singh/ (a) Bule River/ (b) Blue sky/
(c) Lata Mangeshkar/ (c) Blue Earth/ (d) Blue Hills/
(d) Asha Bhosle/ 8. 'Pandavani' is the most celebrated folklore of ______.
3. ______is a vocal form of music from the state of Punjab.
(a) Maharashtra/ (b) Chhattisgarh/
(a) Qawwali/ (b) Ghazal/ (c) Rajasthan/ (d) Karnataka/
(c) Tappa/ (d) Bhajan/ 9. Which of the following is a form of devotional poetry sung
4. Lalita is a form of folk music from _____. in praise of God Vithoba?
(a) Madhya Pradesh/
(b) Rajasthan/ (a) Shabad/ (b) Abhang/
(c) Maharashtra/ (c) Tevaram/ (d) Bhatiali/
(d) Gujarat/ 10. Bhalari is one of the popular folk songs of -------, sung by
5. Which of the following is a folk song genre popular in parts farmers while working in their fields.
of West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh?
(a) Rajasthan/
(a) Chalo/ (b) Roopi/ (b) Maharashtra/
(c) Bhawaiya/ (d) Rekham Pada/ (c) Himachal Pradesh/
6. Owi, a typical folk song which is made of couplets (d) Bihar/
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11. Mando is a form of folk songs from the state of _____ 19. Which of the following academies organise the Tansen
Sangeet Samaroh in Gwalior?
(a) Bihar/ (b) Manipur/
(c) Goa/ (d) Rajasthan/
12. Padavali Kirtan refers to songs composed in the medieval (a) Ustad Alauddin Khan kala Evam Sangeet Academy/
period of West Bengal (15th to 17th century) in praise of
______. (b) Multirama Sangeet Academy/
(c) Ravindra Jain Sangeet Academy/
(d) Renuka Sangeet Academy/
(a) Shakti/ (b) Vishnu/ 20. The wood of which of the following trees is used to make
(c) Shiva/ (d) Brahma/ the large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic
classical music known as Bobbili Veena/Saraswathi
13. A Shadava Raga has only _____notes in its scale.
Veena?
(a) seven/ (b) eight/
(c) five/ (d) six/
14. 'Maand' is primarily a traditional folk singing style
from______.
(a) Teak wood/
(b) Jackfruit wood/
(a) Madhya Pradesh/ (c) Walnut wood/
(b) Jharkhand/ (d) Sandal wood/
21. 'Mahuri' is a traditional musical instrument belonging to
(c) Rajasthan/
the state of:
(d) Bihar/
15. Which of the following songs do the peasants of Rajasthan
sing while working in fields? (a) Kerala/
(b) odisha/
(c) Himachal Pradesh/
(a) Pankhida/ (b) Pandavani/ (d) Arunachal Pradesh/
22. With which of the following musical instruments is the
(c) Chhakri/ (d) Barahmasa/
musician Sikkil Mala Chandrashekhar associated?
16. Bhatiali is the folk music of which of the following states?
(a) Tamil Nadu/ (b) Kerala/
(a) Flute/
(c) karnataka/ (d) West Bengal/
(b) Sitar/
17. 'Daskathia' is a form of ballad singing prevalent in ______.
(c) Saraswati Veena/
(d) Sehnai/
(a) Sikkim/ (b) Telangana/
23. 'Turi', 'Bungal' and 'Pava' are folk musical instruments from
(c) Goa/ (d) Odisha/
the state of:
18. 'Khuang' is a traditional musical instrument of which
state?
(a) West Bengal/
(b) Karnataka/
(a) Jharkhand/ (b) West Bengal/
(c) Odisha/
(c) Assam/ (d) Mizoram/
(d) Gujarat/
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24. The chorus singing 'Sabad' is associated with _____. (a) West Bengal/
(b) Assam/
(a) Guru Parv/ (c) Uttar Pradesh/
(b) Muharram/ (d) odisha/
(c) Buddha Purnima/ 31. To which of the following states does the folk song
(d) Mahavir Jayanti/ 'Bhawaiya' belong?
25. Folk music 'Mand' is associated with which state?
(a) Chhattisgarh/ (b) odisha/
(a) Uttar Pradesh/ (c) West Bengal/ (d) jharkhand/
(b) manipur/ 32. Dhenka is a well-known musical instrument of which one
(c) Madhya Pradesh/ of the following Indian states?
(d) Rajasthan/
26. Which of the following musical instrumentis a reed
instrument? (a) odisha/ (b) Goa/
(c) kerala/ (d) Maharashtra/
(a) Shehnai / (b) manjira/ 33. Ghumot is indigenous traditional percussion instrument
(c) Tabla/ (d) Bansuri/ of _____.
27. "Bhuta Song" belongs to which of the following Indian
States? (a) Andhra Pradesh/
(b) Goa/
(a) Tamil Nadu/ (b) Uttar pradesh/ (c) Punjab/
(c) Bihar/ (d) kerala/ (d) Assam/
28. Which city is declared as 'City of Music' by UNESCO? 34. The festival of Marabats and Badgyas celebrated in
____directly confronts social evils and criticise their
perpetrators through a procession with effigies.
(a) Delhi/ (b) Varanasi/
(c) jaipur/ (d) Mumbai/
29. Which popular Indian band of the 90s released their first
album 'Boondein' with Mohit Chauhan as the lead?
(a) Jabalpur/ (b) Panaji/
(c) Nagpur/ (d) Hyderabad/
35. Which of the following is NOT a vocal form of Hindustani
(a) Pentagram/ (b) 13AD/
classical music?
(c) Silk Route/ (d) Lost Stories/
30. Devotional folk songs called 'Zikir' belong to the Indian
state of:
(a) Pakhawaj/ (b) Drupad/
(c) Tarana/ (d) Dhamar/
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