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Correct answer: (B) Kalingada
The raga akin to Bhairav is Kalingada, which also keeps Re and Dha komal.
Correct answer: (C) About the author and patron
The first fourteen shlokas of the ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’ speak of the author and his patron.
Correct answer: (C) Bhimpalasi
Bhimpalasi is sung in the third prahar of the day, that is the afternoon.
Correct answer: (B) 20
Among the marg ragas of the ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’, twenty are counted in the raga category.
Correct answer: (A) Sangeet Ratnakar
The Nishak Veena is described in the ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’.
Correct answer: (B) Kedar
The phrase ‘Ma Pa Dha Pa, Ma’ belongs to Raga Kedar.
Correct answer: (C) Dance
The ‘Sangeet Parijat’ treats of vocal and instrumental music, but not of dance.
Correct answer: (C) Bhatkhande
Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande is known as ‘Chatur Pandit’, the name under which he composed.
Correct answer: (A) Bhatkhande
‘Shrimallakshya Sangeetam’ is Bhatkhande's, written in Sanskrit under the name ‘Chatur Pandit’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’ was annotated by Singh Bhoopal and by Kallinath alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (C) Kedar
In Kedar the komal nishad is used only rarely; the shuddha Ni is the rule.
Correct answer: (C) Abdul Karim Khan
The famous singer of the Kirana gharana was Abdul Karim Khan.
Correct answer: (C) Abdul Karim Khan
The Arya Sangeet Vidyalaya at Pune was established by Abdul Karim Khan.
Correct answer: (C) Faiyaz Khan
The famous vocalist of the Agra gharana was Ustad Faiyaz Khan.
Correct answer: (A) Desh
The phrase ‘Re Ma Pa Ni Dha Pa, Ma Ga Re’ belongs to Raga Desh.
Correct answer: (C) Mela
Bhatkhande's thaat classification is based on the southern ‘mela’ system.
Correct answer: (A) 30
The wind instruments are described in the thirtieth chapter of the ‘Natyashastra’.
Correct answer: (B) Second phase of night
Raga Desh is sung and played in the second phase of the night.
Correct answer: (A) Raja Nawab Ali Khan
‘Marifunnagmat’ was written by Raja Nawab Ali Khan.
Correct answer: (A) Raja Mansingh Tomar
Baiju, the famous vocalist and veena player, rose to his greatest fame under Raja Mansingh Tomar of Gwalior.
Correct answer: (A) Saptadhyayi
The ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’ is in seven chapters, so it is also known as the ‘Saptadhyayi’.
Correct answer: (A) Holi
The Dhamar form usually describes Holi and the rasa.
Correct answer: (B) One that enters one Thaat into another Thaat
A Parmel Praveshak raga is one that carries the listener from one thaat into another, sung at the junction between them.
Correct answer: (A) Kirana
Abdul Karim Khan belonged to the Kirana gharana.
Correct answer: (C) Madhyam
Madhyam is called the Adhvadarshak swara, since it marks the way between the purvanga and the uttaranga.
Correct answer: (A) 1868
Ustad Faiyaz Khan was born in 1868.
Correct answer: (A) Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
‘Sangeet-Pravesh’ was written by Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
‘Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya’ is by Lalmani Mishra, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) One that resembles many Ragas
A Sankeerna raga is one in which many ragas are heard—it resembles several at once.
Correct answer: (B) 4 May, second half of the eighteenth century
Tyagaraja was born on 4 May in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Ragas with komal Re and Dha are sung at both the evening and the morning sandhiprakash, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) 6
Six people have so far been awarded the Bharat Ratna in the field of music.
Correct answer: (A) 26
By Narayan Moreshwar Khare there are twenty-six ragangas.
Correct answer: (B) 36
In Vyankatmakhi's mela-raga classification there are thirty-six melas with shuddha madhyam.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
More than one of the opinions on raga-ragini classification puts the number of raginis at thirty, so that is the answer.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit learnt from his father and from other gurus besides, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) Two Shrutis
The vivadi swara stands at an interval of two shrutis, which is what makes it discordant.
Correct answer: (A) Tarana
Tarana uses meaningless syllables—‘ta na na’, ‘dir dir’.
Correct answer: (B) 7
Seven chapters of the ‘Natyashastra’ deal with music.
Correct answer: (A) Gandhar
The vadi swara of Raga Bihag is Gandhar.
Correct answer: (B) Samaveda
Music is associated with the Samaveda, whose verses were chanted.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The ‘Natyashastra’ is by Bharata Muni, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) Bhairav
Bhairav is a sandhiprakash raga, sung at the junction of night and dawn.
Correct answer: (C) Ustad Amir Khan
Ustad Amir Khan belonged to the Indore gharana.
Correct answer: (C) Punjab
The Tappa style arose in Punjab, out of the songs of its camel drivers.
Correct answer: (B) Shehnai
Ustad Bismillah Khan played the shehnai.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a sarod player, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Hansdhwani
Hansdhwani is used alike in Carnatic and in Hindustani music.
Correct answer: (C) Alankar
A systematic, ordered arrangement of swaras is an alankar.
Correct answer: (B) Rupak Taal
Rupak Taal is marked by just this—its sam is itself the khali.