1.who among the following is credited with 6.

Pandit Bhawani Shankar is a _________

single-handedly making the Santoor a player. (SSC CHSL 2022)
popular classical instrument? 1.tabla 2. tanpura
(SSC CGL 2022) 3. pakhawaj 4. dholak
1.Ulhas Bapat 2. Rahul Sharma Ans. Pakhawaj
3. Shiv Kumar Sharma4. Bhajan Sopori
Ans. Shiv Kumar Sharma 7. Mohanan Chandrasekaran, an awardee
of Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha
2. EM Subramaniam, was an exponent of Kalanidhi, is a ________ player of carnatic
the _______, a musical instrument. classical music. (SSC CHSL 2022)
(SSC CHSL 2022) 1. violin 2. flute
1.guitar 2.ghatam 3. ghatam 4. Mridangam
3. mandolin 4. Pakhawaj Ans. violin
Ans. ghatam
8. Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Allah Rakha,
3. Rajeev Janardan is an Indian classical Ustad Sabir Khan, pt. Kishan Maharaj are
________ player of the Imdadkhani known for which of the following
gharana. (SSC Phase X 2022) instruments? (SSC Phase X 2022)
1.flute 2. harmonium 1.Mandolin 2. Surbahar
3. tabla 4. Sitar 3. Tabla 4. Mohan Veena
Ans. Sitar Ans. Tabla

4. Which of the following is a famous 9. Who among the following is associated

Violinist? (SSC Phase X 2022) with the Tabla? (SSC Phase X 2022)
1.Nagai R Muralidharan 1. Zakir Hussain 2. Sultan Khan
2. Sajjad Hussain 3. Ajmad Ali Khan 4. Hariprasad Chaurasia
3. Anoushka Shankar Ans. Zakir Hussain
4. Krishna R Choudhary
Ans. Nagai R Muralidharan 10. S Balachander a famous musician from
5. Hariprasad Chaurasia is associated with India is known for playing which of the
which of the following instruments? following instruments? (SSC CGL 2022)
(SSC Phase X 2022) 1. Sitar 2. Tabla
1.Sarod 2. Bansuri 3. Veena 4. Ghatam
3. Shehnai 4. Tabla Ans. Veena
Ans. Bansuri
11. Sheikh Chinna Moula was an exponent Ans. tabla
of the ______, a musical instrument.
(SSC CHSL 2022) 17. Famous musician Shakoor Khan was
1. veena 2. sitar associated with which of the following
3. mandolin 4. Nadaswaram musical instruments? (SSC CHSL 2022)
Ans. nadaswaram 1.Santoor 2. Sarangi
3. Sitar 4. Sarod
12. Bickram Ghosh, a recipient of Global Ans. Sarangi
Indian Music Award, is a music composer
and an Indian classical _________ player. 18. Ustad Allah Rakha is famous for his
(SSC Phase X 2022) contribution to playing which of the
1.sarangi 2. tabla following instruments in Indian music?
3. bansuri 4. Tanpura (SSC Phase X 2022)
Ans. tabla 1.Santoor 2. Veena
3. Tabla 4. Ghatam
13. Padma Vibhushan awardee Ans. Tabla
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is a ________
player. (SSC Phase X 2022) 19. Which of the following pairs is NOT
1.veena 2. mridangam correctly matched. (SSC CGL 2022)
3. tabla 4. Violin 1.Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Sarode
Ans. mridangam 2. Miya Tansen - one of the nine jewels
3. Ustad Bismillah Khan - Sitar
14. Rajeev Taranath , a disciple of Ali Akbar 4. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - Bamboo
Khan , is a _______ player. Flute
(SSC Phase X 2022) Ans. Ustad Bismillah Khan - Sitar
1. flute 2. santoor
3. tabla 4. Sarod 20. Totaram Sharma is an exponent of
Ans. sarod ________. (SSC Phase X 2022)
1. flute 2. ghatam
15. Ustad Bismillah Khan is best known for 3. Pakhawaj 4. Nadaswaram
playing which of the following instruments? Ans. Pakhawaj
(SSC CHSL 2022)
1.Sitar 2. Shehnai 21. Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, an
3. Tambura 4. Sarod Indian percussionist, is known for
Ans. Shehnai popularizing which of the following musical
instruments? (SSC CHSL 2022)
16. Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay 1.Sitar 2. Ghatam
was a ______ player of the Benaras 3. Tabla 4. Sarangi
Gharana. (SSC Phase X 2022) Ans. Ghatam
1. tabla 2. sarod
3. sarangi 4. Sitar 22. Sheikh Chinna Moulana used to play
which of the following instruments? Swaminathan? (SSC CGL 2020)
(SSC Phase X 2022) 1.Flute 2. Violin
1. Ghatam 2. Tabla 3. Mridangam 4. Veena
3. Nadaswaram 4. Mridangam Ans. Mridangam
Ans. Nadaswaram
29. Which renowned Tabla player's son is
23. Which of the following instruments is also a famous tabla player who has
played by Anokhelal Mishra? collaborated with international bands?
(SSC Phase X 2022) (SSC Phase X 2022)
1.Tabla 2. Sarod 1.Ustad Bismillah Khan
3. Surbahar 4. Shehnai 2. Ustad Allah Rakha
Ans. Tabla 3. Ustad Rashid Khan
4. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
24. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was Ans. Ustad Allah Rakha
renowned a _______. (SSC CGL 2022)
1.tabla player 2.classical player 30. Who among the following is known as a
3.harmonium player 4.sarod player Sarangi instrumentalist? (SSC CHSL 2022)
Ans. classical player 1.T Brinda 2. T.N. Krishan
3. T.M. Krishna 4. Ustad Bundu Khan
25. Vilayat Khan is associated with which Ans. Ustad Bundu Khan
musical instruments? (SSC Phase X 2022)
1. Santoor 2. Tabla 31. Which of the following Odissi dancers is
3. Sitar 4. Bansuri also a master of percussion instruments like
Ans. Sitar Mridangam, Pakhawaj, and Tabla?
(SSC Phase X 2022)
26. Which of the following instruments is 1.Sujata Mohapatra
played by P Mani Iyer? (SSC Phase X 2022) 2. Ramani Ranjan Jena
1.Mandolin 2. Violin 3. Kelucharan Mohapatra
3. Sarangi 4. Mridangam 4. Sudhakar Sahoo
Ans. Mridangam Ans. Kelucharan Mohapatra

27. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a renowned 32. Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri
musician from India is known for playing Khan was a ________ player.
which of the following instruments? (SSC Phase X 2022)
(SSC Phase X 2022) 1. Sarangi 2. Sarod
1.Veena 2. Sarod 3. Flute 4. Santoor
3. Sarangi 4. Jaltarang Ans. Sarangi
Ans. Sarod
33. Padma Bhushan awardee Buddhadev
28. Which of the following Carnatic Das Gupta was an Indian classical _______
instruments is performed by Rajna player. (SSC CHSL 2022)
1.tabla 2.sarangi 39. Who among the following is NOT a tabla
3.tambura 4.sarod player? (SSC MTS 2022)
Ans. sarod 1.Tanmoy Bose
2. Bickram Ghosh
34. Who among the following is NOT a 3. G N Balasubramaniam
Veena player? (SSC CGL 2022) 4. Swapan Chaudhari
1.Pandit Jasraj Ans. G N Balasubramaniam
2. Veenai Dhanammal
3. Sundaram Balachander 40. With which musical instrument can you
4. Jayanthi Kumaresh associate the name of Ali Akbar Khan?
Ans. Pandit Jasraj (SSC Phase X 2022)
1.Been 2. Sarod
35. Who among the following is India's only 3. Rudra Veena 4. Sarangi
publicly well-known woman Shehnai Ans. Sarod
Player? (SSC CHSL 2022)
1.Binodini Dasi 2. Bagheshwari Qamar 41. Padma Bhushan awardee pandit Nikhil
3. Gauhar Jaan 4. Rasoolan Bai Jyoti Ghosh was a _______ player.
Ans. Bagheshwari Qamar (SSC CHSL 2022)
1.harmonium 2. tabla
36. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is a classical 3. flute 4. Sarod
_______ player. (SSC CGL 2020) Ans. tabla
1.flute 2.santoor
3.tabla 4.shehnai 42. Ustad Allah Rakha was famous for
Ans. santoor playing the _________. (SSC CGL 2020)
1.bansuri 2. tabla
37. Who among the following is a Sitar 3. sitar 4. Sarod
Player? (SSC CGL 2020) Ans. tabla
1. Sultan Khan
2. Shahid Parvez 43. Who among the following is an
3. Shivkumar Sharma outstanding Player to have mastered the
4. Sheikh Chinna Moulana Surbahar instrument? (SSC Phase X 2022)
Ans. Shahid Parvez 1. Ali Akbar Khan 2. Ustad Imarat Khan
3. Allauddin Khan 4. Abdul Karim Khan
38. Who among the following is the best Ans. Ustad Imarat Khan
Veena player in Hindustani Classical
music? (SSC CHSL 2022) 44. Pandit Ravi Shankar was one of the
1.Sultan Khan best known players of the? (SSC MTS 2022)
2. Inayat Hussain Khan 1. tabla 2. sarod
3. Ustad Asad Ali Khan 3. sitar 4. Sarangi
4. Ustad Rashid Khan Ans. sitar
Ans. Ustad Asad Ali Khan
45. Padma Bhushan awardee Vikku INCORRECT? (SSC CGL 2020)
Vinayakram is a _________ player. 1. Kumar Gandharva - Guitar
(SSC MTS 2022) 2. Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - Rudra Veena
1. Ghatam 2. Pakhawaj 3. Bombay Jayashri - Vocalist
3. Dholak 4. Tabla 4. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone
Ans. Ghatam Ans. Kumar Gandharva - Guitar

46. Pandit Pannalal Ghosh also known as 52. A Ghatam is a _________ (SSC MTS 2022)
Amal Jyoti Ghosh , was a ______ player and 1. large, narrow-mouthed earthenware
composer. (SSC MTS 2022) pot used as a percussion instrument
1. bansuri 2. sarod 2. small handheld drum that resembles a
3. tabla 4. sitar tambourine
Ans. bansuri 3. percussion instrument made of leather
and Jackwood
47. Asad Ali Khan is a maestro of playing 4. wind instrument made of wood and
_________. (SSC MTS 2022) metal
1.shehnai 2.rudra Veena Ans. large, narrow-mouthed earthenware
3.tabla 4.sitar pot used as a percussion instrument
Ans. rudra Veena
53. Which of the following musical
48. Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman used to instruments did Dwaram Venkataswamy
play which of the following instruments? Naidu play? (SSC MTS 2022)
(SSC MTS 2022) 1.Nadaswaram 2. Violin
1. Violin 2. Flute 3. Veena 4. Mandolin
3. Harmonium 4. Mridangam Ans. Violin
Ans. Violin
54. Which of the following is NOT a
49. Hafiz Ali Khan was an Indian _______ percussion instrument? (SSC MTS 2022)
player of the Bangash gharana. 1.Mridangam 2. Tabla
(SSC MTS 2022) 3. Sarod 4. Ghatam
1. sarod 2. santoor Ans. Sarod
3. flute 4. Sarangi
Ans. sarod 55. Which of the following musical
instruments is also known as a ' Mangal
50. Pandit Swapan Chaudhari is associated Vaidya'? (SSC CGL 2020)
with _________ instrument. (SSC CGL 2020) 1. Damaru 2. Santoor
1.bansuri 2. sarod 3. Shehnai 4. Tabla
3. Veena 4. Tabla Ans. Shehnai
Ans. tabla
56. A distinct 'Dhrupad style' is associated
51. Which of the following pairs is with the _______ gharana. (SSC MTS 2022)
1.Ajrada 2. Nathdwara instruments played by the Manganiars of
3. Jafarkhani 4. Bishnupur West Rajasthan? (SSC MTS 2022)
Ans. Bishnupur 1. Manjira 2. Jhanj
3. Kamaicha 4. Toomba
57. Which of the following instruments is Ans. Kamaicha
normally played in a vertical position and
with an arched bow? (SSC Phase X 2022) 63. The musical instrument 'kartal' from the
1. Shehnai 2. Sitar state of Rajasthan comes under the
3. Sarangi 4. Veena category of ________. (SSC CGL 2020)
Ans. Sarangi 1. idiophones 2. electrophones
3. membranophones 4. chordophones
58. In which state is Ponu Yoksi , a swordlike Ans. idiophones
instrument, used during ceremonial
dances performed by priests? 64. With which of the following musical
(SSC CGL 2020) instruments was the musician Palghat Mani
1.Uttar Pradesh 2. Himachal Pradesh Iyer associated? (SSC CGL 2020)
3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Arunachal Pradesh 1.Flute 2. Mridangam
Ans. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Shehnai 4. Sitar
Ans. Mridangam
59. The Kamaicha is a bowed flute player
by the Manganiars of: (SSC Phase X 2022) 65. The ________ is a single string musical
1.West Kerala 2. West Rajasthan instrument made using bamboo and a
3. West Bihar 4. West Goa gourd, mostly used by traditional folk
Ans. West Rajasthan singers in Maharashtra. (SSC MTS 2022)
1.Esraj 2. Ekkalam
60. 'Chinkara' is a __________ musical 3. Edakka 4. Ektara
instrument popular in the state of Madhya Ans. Ektara
Pradesh. (SSC CGL 2020)
1.wind 2. plate 66. TH Vinayakram, a famous musician, is
3. membrane 4. Stringed associated with which musical instrument?
Ans. stringed (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Ghatam 2. Mridangam
61. The traditional binding instrument 3. Sarod 4. Tabla
called 'Pena' is related to which of the Ans. Ghatam
following States? (SSC MTS 2022)
1. Manipur 2. Goa 67. Annapurna Devi, who was awarded the
3. Sikkim 4. Kerala Padma Bhushan, was a famous player of
Ans. Manipur which of the following instruments?
(SSC CPO 2022)
62. Which of the following musical 1. Sarod 2. Santoor
instruments is an example of the stringed 3. Veena 4. Surbahar
Ans. Surbahar Music gharanas? (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Maihar 2. Rampur-Jaipur
68. Who among the following was a famous 3. Senia 4. Prasanna
sitar player? (SSC CPO 2022) Ans. Senia
1. Zakir Hussain
2. Hari Prasad Chaurasia 74. Ustad Allauddin Khan, the legendary
3. Raja Khan sarod player, was from which of the
4. Nikhil Banerjee following gharanas of music?
Ans. Nikhil Banerjee (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Kasur-Patiala 2. Benaras
69. Who among the following is associated 3. Maihar 4. Rangeela
with the Tabla? (SSC CPO 2022) Ans. Maihar
1. Pannalal Ghosh
2. Ronu Majumdar 75. Chakri (Chhakri), is a collective song. It
3. Doreswamy Iyengar is a popular form of folk music of _________.
4. Alla Rakha Khan (SSC CPO 2022)
Ans. Alla Rakha Khan 1. Bihar 2. West Bengal
3. Kashmir 4. Tamil Nadu
70. TR Mahalingam, a legendary musician, Ans. Kashmir
was known for playing which of the
following instruments? (SSC CPO 2022) 76.Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh Mishra
1. Shehnai 2. Flute are the famous players of which musical
3. Tabla 4. Pungi instrument: (SSC CPO 2022)
Ans. Flute 1. sitar 2. shehnai
3. sarangi 4. sarod
71. The famous musician, Appa Jalgaonkar Ans. sarangi
is associated with which musical
instrument? (SSC CPO 2022) 77. The famous musician Satyadev Pawar
1. Harmonium 2. Tabla is associated with which musical
3. Sarod 4. Violin instrument? (SSC CPO 2022)
Ans. Harmonium 1. Violin 2. Shehnai
3. Veena 4. Sitar
72. In which year was the famous sitar Ans. Violin
player Pt. Ravi Shankar awarded the Bharat
Ratna? (SSC CPO 2022) 78. The famous musician Ustad Sultan
1. 1998 2. 1999 Khan is associated with which musical
3. 1996 4. 1995 instrument? (SSC CPO 2022)
Ans. 1999 1. Drums 2. Sarangi
3. Tabla 4. Flute
73. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, an Indian flutist, Ans. Sarangi
is associated with which of the following
79. In which year did Teejanbai, the 1. MS Subbulakshmi 2. Zakir Hussain
wellknown artist of Pandavani music, win 3. Bhimsen Joshi 4. Bismillah Khan
the Padma Vibhushan? (SSC CPO 2022) Ans. MS Subbulakshmi
1. 2020 2. 2019
3. 2021 4. 2017
Ans. 2019

80. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, a musical

genius, learnt which of the following
gharanas of music from his father at an
early age? (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Benaras 2. Kasur Patiala
3. Jaipur-Atrauli 4. Gwalior
Ans. Kasur Patiala

81. Which Gharana was propounded by

Bade Fateh Ali Khan and Ali Baksh Jarnail
Khan? (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Gwalior Gharana
2. Agra Gharana
3. Patiala Gharana
4. Bhendi Bazaar Gharana
Ans. Patiala Gharana

82. Bhajan Sopori, a famous musician, is

associated with which musical instrument?
(SSC CPO 2022)
1. Sarod 2. Shehnai
3. Santoor 4. Sitar
Ans. Santoor

83. Violin virtuoso L Subramaniam is famous

for which of the following genres of music
globally? (SSC CPO 2022)
1. Jazz 2. Hindustani music
3. Carnatic music 4. Rock
Ans. Carnatic music

84. The first Indian musician to receive the

Ramon Magsaysay award for public
service is: (SSC CPO 2022)