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1. Who among the following is known as 'Sarod Samrat' in (a) K Vaidyanathan - Sitar /
Indian Classical Music? (b) Pt. Ram Narayan - Sarangi /
(c) Ustad Vilayat Khan - Sitar /

(a) Pandit Ravishankar Prasad / (d) Bismillah Khan /

(b) Aamir Ali Khan / 6. Bimbavati Devi is an exponent of which India dance form?
(c) Amjad Ali Khan /
(d) Kishan Maharaj / (a) Chhau / (b) Manipuri /
2. Abdul Karim Khan was the exponent of which school of (c) Kathakali / (d) Oddissi /
Hindustani Music? 7. In which state is the Maihar court where Baba Allauddin
Khan was a musician?

(a) Jaipur Gharana /

(b) Gwalior Gharana / (a) Tripura /
(c) Delhi Gharana / (b) Uttar Pradesh /
(d) Kirana Gharana / (c) Madhya Pradesh /
3. Who among the following classical dancers was rewarded (d) Chhattisgarh /
with the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2003? 8. Who among the following is known as a pioneering dance
educationist and a prominent Mohiniyattam exponent?

(a) Sonal Man Singh /

(b) Kumudini Lakhiya /
(c) Shovana Narayan / (a) Madhavi Mudgal /
(d) Sunayana Hazarilal / (b) Shagun Butani /
4. Who among the following was the guru of Pandit Ravi (c) Mohanrao Kallianpurkar /
Shankar? (d) Dr. Kanak Rele /
9. Birju Maharaj was awaded which of the following awards
(a) Bismillah Khan / in 2012?
(b) Amjad Ali Khan /
(c) Ali Akbar Khan /
(d) Allaudin Khan / (a) Sangam Kala Award /
5. Which of the following pairs of musicians and their (b) Filmfare Award /
Instruments is INCORRECT? (c) National Film Award /
(d) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award /

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10. Roshan Kumari is an exponent of which Indian classical
dance form? (a) Ustad Bismillah Khan /
(b) Ustad Sultan Khan /
(a) Kathak / (c) Ustad Zakir Hussain /
(b) Odissi / (d) Ustad Vilayat Khan /
(c) Bharatanatyam / 16. Sunanda Nair is famous for performing which of the
(d) Kathakali / following dance forms?
11. An exponent of Hindustani classical music, Gangubai
Hangal was an eminent singer to have hailed from the
________ gharana of the Hindustani Khyal family.
(a) Kathak /
(b) Odissi /
(c) Yakshagana /
(d) Mohiniyattam /
(a) Patiala / (b) Kirana /
17. Rani Karnaa Nayak, who was awarded the Padma Shri in
(c) Agra / (d) Gwalior / 2014, was a ______ dancer.
12. Rajashree Shirke was given which of the following
prestigious dance awards of 2013 for her excellence in
Kathak?
(a) Odissi /
(b) Kathak /
(c) Mohiniyattam /
(d) Kathakali /
(a) Sangeet Natak Academy Award /
18. Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini
Krishnamurthy was awarded which of the following
(b) Padma Shri / awards in 2016.
(c) Kalidas Samman /
(d) National Film Award /
13. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the (a) Padma Bhushan /
Grammy Award?
(b) Padma Shri /
(c) Tagore Puraskar /
(d) Padma Vibhushan /
(a) Pandit Ravi Shankar /
19. Sundaram Balachander has been the main player of which
(b) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma / of the following musical instruments?
(c) Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt /
(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain /
14. Rukmini Devi Arundale is the exponent of which of the (a) Mridangam / (b) Bansuri /
following Indian classical dance forms?
(c) Veena / (d) Santoor /
20. Who among the following was the first recipient of the
State annual award Nishagandhi Puraskaram from the
(a) Bharatanatyam / Government of Kerala in 2013?
(b) Manipuri /
(c) Sattriya / (Nishagandhi Puraskaram)
(d) Odissi /
15. Who among the following Indian classical musicians has (a) Madhavi Mudgal /
an auditorium named after it in Tehran, Iran? (b) Shobana C Pillai /
(c) Uday Shankar /

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 (d) Mrinalini Sarabhai / 26. Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following
21. Who among the following won a Padma Vibhushan award awards in 2013?
in year 1971?

(a) Guru Deba Prasad /

(a) Rajeev Narayan / (b) Sangam Kala /
(b) S Swaminathan / (c) Kalidas Samman /
(c) Devjani Chaliha / (d) Bharat Muni Samman /
(d) Uday Shankar / 27. Who among the following is a famous performer of the
22. Rukmani Devi Arundale was a famous dancer of which Kathakali classical dance?
Indian classical dance form?

(a) Pankaj Charan Das /

(a) Bharatanatyam / (b) Sunanda Nayar /
(b) Kathak / (c) Gopinath /
(c) Mohiniyattam / (d) Raja Reddy /
(d) Kathakali / 28. Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, a leading exponent and guru of
23. Vempati Chinna Satyam was dancer. awarded the Padma Indian classical Manipuri dance form, was awarded which
Bhushan in 1998. He was a _______dancer. of the following Indian civilian honours in 1986?

(a) Kuchipudi / (b) Kathak /

(c) Manipuri / (d) Kathakali / (a) Padma Bhushan /
24. Who was recognised as 'Asthana Nartaki' (resident dancer) (b) Padma Shri /
of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam for her contribution (c) Bharat Ratna /
in the development and promotion of the Indian classical (d) Padma Vibhushan /
dance forms? 29. Which of the following Gharanas does Padma Bhushan
Kishori Amonkar belong to?

("Resident Dancer")
(a) Gwalior /
(a) Rukmini Devi / (b) Kirana /
(b) Ragini Devi / (c) Patiala /
(c) Yamini Krishnamurthy / (d) Jaipur - Atraulia /
(d) Uma Sharma / 30. Who among the personalities is an exponent of Kathak
25. Which Indian tabla virtuoso and musician won the 'Best dance in India?
Contemporary World Music Album' Grammy award for
'Global Drum Project'? (a) Prerna Shrimali /
(b) Usha Uthup /
(c) Suman Kalyanpur /
(d) Monali Thakur /
(a) Pandit Sandeep Das / 31. Kathak dancer Sitara Devi was awarded which of the
(b) Ustad Alla Rakha / following awards in 1973?
(c) Ustad Zakir Hussain /
(d) Pandit Anindo Chatterjee /

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 (a) Padma Vibhushan /
(b) Padma Bhushan / (a) Smitha Rajan /
(c) Sangam Kala / (b) Jayaprabha Menon /
(d) Padma Shri / (c) Prateeksha Kashi /
32. Guru Nileshwar Mukharjee is the exponent of which of (d) Radha Dutta /
the following Indian classical dance forms? 38. Surekha Punekar is a ________ dancer from the Indian
state of Maharashtra.

(a) Sattriya / (b) Manipuri /

(c) Odissi / (d) Kathak / (a) Tamasha / (b) Lavani /
33. With which instrument do the sisters Lalita and Nandini (c) Povada / (d) Koli /
identify? 39. Which of the following was awarded to Bharatnatyam
dancer Priyadarshini Govind in 1998?

(a) Mandolin / (b) Violin /

(c) Sarod / (d) Flute / (a) Tagore Ratna /
34. Who was the recipient of the National Devdasi Award in (b) Nritya Choodamani /
2016? (c) Kalaimamani /
(d) Kalidas Samman /
40. Padma Shri awardee, Gulabo Sapera is a ______ dancer
(a) Geeta Kaupr / of Rajasthan.
(b) R Muthukannammal /
(c) Prerana Deshpande /
(d) Dr Sohini Ray / (a) Bhavai / (b) Terah Taali /
35. Name the classical dancer who was given the Prani Mitra (c) Kalbelia / (d) Ghoomar /
Award in 1968. 41. Nrityabharati Kathak Dance Academy in Pune was
establsed by which of the following Sangeet Natak
Akademi Awardees?
(a) Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam /
(b) Shovana Narayan /
(c) Rukmini Devi Arundale / (a) Rohini Bhate /
(d) Bipin Singh / (b) Roshan Kumari /
36. Which Indian mucisian served as the artistic director of (c) Kumudini Lakhia /
the World Music Deparment at the Rotterdam Music (d) Sitara Devi /
Conservatory in th Netherlands? 42. Kumkum Mohanty, an Odisi dancer received which of the
following awards in 2005?

(a) Hari Prasad Chaurasia / (a) Padma Bhushan /

(b) Paravin Godkhindi / (b) Kalidas Samman /
(c) Ronu Majumdar / (c) Padma Shri /
(d) Naityanand Haldipur / (d) Padma Vibhushan /
37. Who among the following is NOT an exponent of 43. Sharodi Saikia is an exponent of which Indian classical
Mohiniyattam classical dance form? dance form?

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 (a) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu /
(a) Sattriya / (b) Mahapurusha Shankaradeva /
(b) Kuchipudi / (c) Vallabhacharya /
(c) Bharatanatayam/ (d) Sant Namdev /
(d) Kathak / 49. T. Balasaraswati, a _______ dancer was also an actress.
44. Hema Malini, a well-known Bharatanatayam dancer and
Bollywood actor, received which of the following honours
of Indian civilians given by the Government of India in (a) Bharatanatyam /
2000?
(b) Kuchipudi /
(c) Manipuri /
(d) Kathakali /
50. Identify the INCORRECT pair
(a) Bharat Ratna /
(b) Padma Shri / (a) Ustad Allarakha Khan - Tabla /
(c) Padma Bhushan /
(d) Padma Vibhushan / (b) Ravi Shankar - Sitar /
45. Sharmila Biswas, who was awarded the 'Best
(c) Mogubai Kurdikar - Vocal /
Choreography Award' in 1998 by the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, represents which of the (d) Ustad Vilayat Khan - Sarod /
following classical dance forms?
51. Who among the following is Telangana's first Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award winner?

(a) Padmaja Reddy /

(a) Manipuri / (b) Odissi /
(b) Yamini Reddy /
(c) Kathakali / (d) Kathak /
46. With which instrument is Ustad Sultan Khan asociated? (c) Deepa Sashindran /
(d) Shantala Shivalingappa /
(a) Sitar / (b) Sarod / 52. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was a prominent singer of the
__________ gharana.
(c) Tabla / (d) Sarangi /
47. Who among the following teamed up with flautist
Hariprasad Chaurasia and guitarist Brij Bhushan Kabra and (a) Rampur Sahaswan /
produced a concept album, 'Call of the Valley' (1967)? (b) Patiala /
(c) Banaras /
(d) Bhendi Bazaar /
53. Who among the following was popularly called the
(a) Tarun Bhattacharya / 'Australian Mother of Kathakali'?
(b) Bhajan Sopori /
(c) Shivkumar Sharma /
(a) Margot Fonteyn /
(d) Satish Vyas /
48. The Sattriya dance form was introduced in the 15th (b) Anna Pavlova /
century AD by the great Vaishnava saint and reformer of (c) Yelena Andreyanova /
Assam, ________. (d) Louise Lightfoot /
54. Who among the following has the credit to invent and
create a new style of 'Bharatanatyam'?

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 Pandavani music, win the Padma Vibhushan?

(a) Yamini Krishnamurthy /

(b) Dr Padma Subrahmanyam / (a) (b)
(c) Rukmini Devi Arundale / (c) (d)
(d) Chinta Ravi Bala Krishna / 60. Which Gharana was propounded by Bade Fateh Ali Khan
55. Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan were the and Ali Baksh Jarnail Khan?
founders of the gharana.

(a) Gwalior Gharana /

(a) Jaipur-Atrauli / (b) Agra Gharana /
(b) Gwalior / (c) Patiala Gharana /
(c) Agra / (d) Bhendi Bazaar Gharana /
(d) Kirana / 61. Bhajan Sopori, a famous musician, is associated with
56. Padma Subrahmanyam is the exponent of which of the which musical instrument?
following Indian dance forms?
(a) Sarod / (b) Shehnai /
(c) Santoor / (d) Sitar /
(a) Kathakali / 62. Violin virtuoso L Subramaniam is famous for which of the
following genres of music globally?
(b) Bharatanatyam /
(c) Kathak /
(d) Mohiniattam /
(a) Jazz /
57. Sudha Chandran is a known actress and an
accomplished________dancer. (b) Hindustani music /
(c) Carnatic music /
(d) Rock /
(a) Kathakali / 63. The first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay
award for public service is:
(b) Kuchipudi /
(c) Bharatanatyam /
(d) Sattriya /
(a) MS Subbulakshmi /
58. Who among the following was the first woman to learn
the all-male style of Kathakali and was also the founder (b) Zakir Hussain /
of Darpana Academy Of Performing Arts that caters to (c) Bhimsen Joshi /
various performing arts like dance, music, drama and (d) Bismillah Khan /
puppetry? 64. The famous musician, Appa Jalagaonkar is associated with
which musical instrument?

(a) Harmonium /
(b) Tabla /
(a) Vidyagauri Adkar / (c) Sarod /
(b) Mrinalini Sarabhai / (d) Violin /
(c) Anjali Mehra / 65. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, an Indian flutist, is associated with
(d) Niveditha Arjun / which of the following music gharanas?
59. In which year did Teejanbai, the well-known artist of

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 (a) Qawwali / (b) Shabad /
(a) Maihar / (c) Bhatiali / (d) Bhajan /
(b) Rampur-Jaipur / 72. Annapurna Devi, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan,
(c) Senia / was a famous player of which of the following
instruments?
(d) Prasanna /
66. Which extraordinary scholar and artist of the 17th century
AD composed Bhaamaakalapam, a dance drama based on
Kuchipudi? (a) Sarod / (b) Santoor /
(c) Veena / (d) Surbahar /
73. Who among the following was a famous sitar player?

(a) Schindra Yogi / (a) Zakir Hussain /

(b) Shivendra Yogi / (b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia /
(c) Siddhendra Yogi / (c) Raja Khan /
(d) Sidharth Yogi / (d) Nikhil Banerjee /
67. Kumudini Lakhia, the founder of Kadamb School of Dance 74. Who among the following created the dance form named
and Music, is a _______ dancer. 'Hi-dance' that he later rechristened and called 'Creative
dance'?
(Hi dance)
(a) Bharatanatyam /
(b) Kathakali /
(c) Kuchipudi / (a) Shashadhar Acharya /
(d) Kathak / (b) Birju Maharaj /
68. Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh Mishra are the famous (c) Kunwar Amar/
players of which musical instrument: (d) Uday Shankar /
75. TH Vinayakram, a famous musician, is associated with
which musical instrument?
(a) Sitar / (b) Shehnai /
(c) Sarangi / (d) Sarod /
69. The famous musician Satyadev Pawar is associated with (a) Ghatam / (b) Mridangam /
which musical instrument? (c) Sarod / (d) Tabla /
76. Laxmipriya Mohapatra was associated with which of the
(a) Violin / (b) Shehnai / following classical dances of India?
(c) Veena / (d) Sitar /
70. Mallika Sarabhai was honoured by the _______
government with Chevalier des Palmes Academiques (a) Sattriya / (b) Kathakali /
2005. (c) Odissi / (d) Kuchipudi /
77. Who among the following is associated with the Tabla?

(a) French / (b) Canadian / (a) Pannalal Ghosh /

(c) Swiss / (d) Belgian / (b) Ronu Majumdar /
71. The Sabri brothers, Aziz Warsi and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (c) Doreswamy lyengar /
are associated with which singing style? (d) Alla Rakha Khan /
78. Ileana Citaristi is the first classical dancer of foreign origin
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 contributions to ___________
(a) Anita Ratnam /
(b) Padma Subramanyam /
(c) Mallika Sarabhai /
(a) Kathakali / (d) Meenakshi Pillai /
(b) Kathak / 84. Who among the following personalities is an exponent of
(c) Bharatanatyam / the Manipuri dance form?
(d) Odissi /
79. TR Mahalingam, a legendary musician, was known for (a) Kumudini Lakhia /
playing which of the following instruments? (b) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh /
(c) MK Saroja /
(d) Makar Dhwaja Darogha /
(a) Shehnai / (b) Flute / 85. Pandit Ram Narayan was a popular ______ player who is
(c) Tabla / (d) Pungi / credited with making the instrument as a solo concert
80. Who was hailed as the 'Tansen of the 20th century'? instrument.

(a) Ustad Abdul Karim Khan /

(b) Ustad Faiyaz Khan / (a) Ghatam / (b) Mridangam /
(c) Ustad Amir Khan / (c) Alghoza / (d) Sarangi /
(d) Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan / 86. Ustad Asad Ali Khan was one of the few active Rudra Veena
Players and the master of one of the four schools of
Dhrupad named
81. Padma Vibhushan awardee, Pandit Birju Maharaj was a
________ dancer of India.
(schools)

(a) Kathakali / (a) Nauhar / (b) Dagar /

(b) Manipuri / (c) Gauhar / (d) Khandar /
87. Shakoor Khan, Pandit Ram Narayan, Ramesh Mishra,
(c) Bharatanatyam /
Sultan Khan and Ustad Binda Khan are noted players of
(d) Kathak / which of the following instruments?
82. Who among the following dancers was awarded the
Queen Victoria Silver Medal of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, London in 1958?

(Royal Soceity (a) Rudra veena /

for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, London) (b) Santoor /
(c) Sarangi / (d) Jal-tarang /
88. Who is recognised as the founder of the Lucknow Gharana
(a) Sitara Devi /
of Kathak?
(b) Sonal Mansingh /
(c) Sanjukta Panigrahi /
(a) Birju Maharaj /
(d) Rukmani Devi Arundale /
(b) Ishwari Prasad /
83. Who achieved fame for the Pandanallur school of
(c) Rukmini Devi /
Bharatanatyam?
(d) Sitara Devi /
89. Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan received the Sangeet Natak

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 Akademi Award for the year 2018 for his contribution to
which classical dance of India? (a) Guru Bipin Singh /
(b) Padma Subrahmanyam /
(c) Kelucharan Mohapatra /
(d) Uday Shankar /
(a) Kuchipudi / 96. With which of the following was Kadri Gopalnath
(b) Bharatanatyam/ associated?
(c) Sattriya /
(d) Kathak / (a) Sitara / (b) Saxophone /
90. Who among the following is/was NOT a tabla player? (c) Tabla / (d) Flute /
97. Kamala Narayan is known for which classical dance form?
(a) Kishan Maharaj /
(b) Zakir Hussain / (a) Bharatanatyam /
(c) Allah Rakha / (b) Kathakali /
(d) Sheikh Chinna Moula / (c) Odissi /
91. Who among the following Indian dancers was the first (d) Kathak /
woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of 98. Radha Sridhar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
the Rajya Sabha? for the year 2018 for her contribution to which classical
dance of India?

(a) Rukmini Devi Arundale / (a) Kathak dance /

(b) Madhuri Dixit / (b) Kuchipudi /
(c) Mallika Sarabhai / (c) Sattriya /
(d) Saroj Khan / (d) Bharatanatyam /
92. Madhavi Mudgal is associated with which classical dance 99. Pandit Kishari Maharaj was associated with which
of India? instrument?

(a) Manipuri / (b) Kathak / (a) Santoor / (b) Dholak /

(c) Odissi / (d) Sattriya / (c) Tabla / (d) Sitar /
93. Guru Bipin Singh was known for which classical dance 100. Rohini Bhate, recipient of Kalidas Samman was associated
form? with which classical dance of India?

(a) Manipuri / (b) Kathak /

(c) Bihu / (d) Kathakali / (a) Odissi / (b) Manipuri /
94. With which musical instrument was Ali Akbar Khan (c) Sattriya / (d) Kathak /
associated? 101. Dr. N Rajan is known for playing the _______

(a) Sarangi / (b) Manjira / (a) Veena / (b) Guitar /

(c) Sarod / (d) Veena / (c) Violin / (d) Flute /
95. Who among the following was the first to bring the 102. Who is the first tarns woman to t win a Padma Shri award
concept of modern dance to India with his novel approach for Bharatanatyam?
and works?

(a) Bishesh Huirem /

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