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Q1)Howcoul
dEv
ely
nabl
etoexpr
essmusi
csobeaut
if
ull
y?

Ans:–Al thoughEv
ely
ncouldhearnothi
ngbutshehadabl essi
ngofGod,andextraor
dinar
y
senseoffeeli
ngwhi
chwasfarmoredeepthananor
malpeopl
e.Fort
hisshecoul
dexpr
essmusic
sobeauti
full
y.

(
Q2)WhywasEv
ely
nner
vousaswel
lasexci
tedt
oo?

Ans:–Ev el
ynwasnerv
ousbecauseshewasleav
ingScotl
andforLondonandwasexci
tedt
oo
becauseshewasgoi
ngtot
heRoy al
AcademyofMusi
ctolearnmusi
c.

(
Q3)WhywasEv
ely
ndaunt
ingatt
hef
ir
stdayofRoy
alAcademyofmusi
c?

Ans.Evel
ynwasdaunt i
ngatthefi
rstdayofRoyalAcademythananyothert
eenager
sbecause
shewasfrom Scot
land,
whichwasmor eoff
armsandcountr
ysideandshehadnotseenf
astli
fe
bef
ore.

(
Q4)Whydi
dEv
ely
n’swor
ldbecomecol
our
less?

Ans.WhenEvely
ndiscoveredthatshecoul
dnothearandshewoul dbesenttoaschoolfordeaf
chi
ldrenandf
urt
hershewoul dbesenttoaschoolfordeafchi
l
drenandfurt
hershewouldbenot
tr
eatedasanormalchi
ld,herworl
dbecomecolourl
ess

LongType
(Q1)Howwasi
tpr
ovedt
hatEv
ely
nhadl
osthersenseofhear
ing?

Ans. Att heageofei ghtEvely

nwaswai t
ingf orhertur
nt oplaypianobutwhenhernamewas
cal
ledout,shedidnotr espondandhermot herfi
rstti
mer eali
zedthatEv el
ynhadsomepr obl
em
withhear
ing.Aft
erthatshegr adual
lystart
edl oosinghersenseofhear ing.Atthebeginni
ngshe
couldhearparti
all
ybi tf r
om theageofel evenhermar kshadst ar
teddet eri
orat
ingandher
headmasterrequest
edherpar ent
st otakehert othedoct or.Whent hedoct orcheckedupon
Evely
nhef oundoutthatEv el
ynhadlostthesenseofhear i
ng.

(
Q2)Howdi
dRonf
orbest
eachEv
ely
ntor
espondt
odi
ff
erentsound?

Ans.Thoughmostoft het eachersofRoy alAcademyofMusi cdiscouragedEv elyn,butRon

forbesdecidedtodosomet hingforEvely
nbecausehesawherr ealpassionformusi c.Het ook
tool ar
gedr eamsandt unedt hem t
odi ff
erentnotes,thesoundpr oducedbyt hedr umswas
diff
erentandhet oldEvelyntosenseitrathertoli
stenitthroughears.Het aughtherhowt of eel
themusi csomeot herway .Bythist
heupperpar tofEvelyn’
sbody ,abovethewai stcouldfeelthe
highernotesofthedrum andt helowerpartofherbody, downf r
om thewai stcouldfeelthelower
notesofdr um.Inthi
swayRonFor bestaughtEvely
nt orespondtodi f
ferentsound.

TheSoundOfMusicPar
t2
SHORTTYPE
Quest
ion:
(1)WhyUstaadBi
smi
ll
ahKhani
sal
egend?

Ans:–Hei sal egendbecausehedidsomet hi

ngwhichhashi st
ori
calsigni
fi
cance.Hepl
ayedthe
shehnaiontheday ;Indi
agotIndependence15t hAugust1947bef or
et hespeechofthepri
me
minist
er,Pandi
tJawahar l
alNehru.Hepl ay
edi ttosigni
fythatsomethingallspaci
ousforthe
wholecountrywasabouttohappen.

Quest
ion:
(2)Expl
aint
het
erm“
reedednoi
semaker
s.”
?

Ans:–Al
lthemusi
cali
nst
rument
swhi
chmadewi
thr
eedl
i
kef
lut
escl
aui
ntswer
ecl
assi
fi
edas
‘
pungi’.
so,pungiwasabr oodter
mf oranytypeofinstr
umentwhichusedwindtoproduced
soundandAurangzebbannedi
tandcall
edit“
reedednoisemaker
s”becausehef
eltt
hati
thada
shri
l
lunpl
easantsound.

Quest
ion:
(3)Whati
sNaubat
?

Ans:
-Naudati
sanUr
duwor
d,whi
chmeansat
radi
ti
onal
groupofni
nemusi
cal
inst
rument
s.

LONGTYPE

Quest
ion:
(1)Whatwast
hest
orybehi
ndt
hename,
giv
ent
othenewi
nst
rument
,shehnai
?

Ans:–AspungiwasbannedbyAur angzebduet
oitsunpl
easantsound,abar
ber,whobel
onged
toafamilyofprof
essionalmusi
cianst r
iedt
ogiv
eitsnewshape.Het ookapipewit
hahollow
stem,
longerandbroaderthant
hepungi andmadesevenhol
esont hebodyoft
hepipe.

Thisti
measweet ,melodioussoundwascomi ngfrom i
t.Whenhest art
edbl owingairi
ntothe
pipeandcl
osingandopeningdif
fer
enthole.
Heplayedi
tforthefi
rstt
imeinther oy
alresi
denceof
theShahorthemughalking.Thefi
rstpar
toftheword‘
sheh’
standsforshah’andthesecondpart
oftheword‘nai
’standsf
ort heI
ndianter
m usedfor abarber ,‘nai
’.sothis instr
umentwas
namedasShehnai.

Quest
ion:
(2)HowwasUst
aadBi
smi
l
lahKhanhonour
edbyt
heent
ir
ewor
ld?

Ans:–Ust aadBi smill

ahKhanwashonour edwi thmanyawar ds.I n2001,Her ecei
v edIndia’
s
highestci
vil
ianawar d-BharatRat
na.Notonl
yinIndia,
hespreadedt hespar
kofhist al
entthrough
hisworkinal lov
erthewor l
d.Heperfor
medi nUnit
edSt at
esofAmer i
caatt
heprestigi
ousLi ncol
n
centrehal
l,Heal sot ookparti
ntheworldExposit
ioninMontrealinthecanesArtfestivalandin
theOsakat radef ai
r.Hewassof amousallovertheworldthatinTehrananaudi t
orium named
offer
shim.