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In the traditional classification of Indian musical instruments, which of the following is a string instrument?

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Match the Following (Musicians & Instruments): List – I (Musicians) List – II (Instruments) A. Anantha R. Krishnan 1. Violin B. Vishnu Govind Jog…

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Match the following artists with their respective classical dance forms or instruments: Artist Dance Form / Instrument A. Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan 1. Bharatanatyam B.…

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Match the following artists with their respective art forms or instruments Artist Art Form / Instrument A. Kumkum Mohanty 1. Santoor B. Sharmila Biswas…

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Match the following personalities with their specialisation: Personality Specialisation A. M.S. Gopalakrishnan 1. Hindustani Vocal Music B. Budhaditya Mukherjee 2. Sattriya C. Shri Mani…

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Match the following personalities with their field: Personality Field A. Jayanthi Kumaresh 1. Kathakali B. Milena Salvini 2. Manipuri C. Nahid Siddiqui 3. Veena…

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Match the following musicians with the instruments they are best known for: Musician Instrument A. Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan 1. Violin B. Zakir Hussain…

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Match the following dancers with their dance forms: Dancer Dance Form A. Surupa Sen 1. Kathak B. Shovana Narayan 2. Bharatanatyam C. Alarmel Valli…

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Ramnad V Raghavan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

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RK Bijapure played which of the following musical instruments?

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Padma Shri Awardee Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan is known for playing:

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Brij Bhushan Kabra was considered an expert in which of the following instruments in the field of Indian classical music?

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Select the musical instrument which is NOT played by way of percussion or NOT played by way of striking any object?

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Bharata’s Natya Shastra groups musical instruments into tata, sushira, avanaddha and ghana categories. What is the main basis of this classification?

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Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar was a _____ player of profound depth, favouring sparse and slow realisations of ragas.

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Who among the following is the world renowned exponent of the bamboo flute?

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Which Indian musician is famous for playing the Santoor and is known for bringing it international recognition?

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Which musical instrument is utilized by artists of Chhattisgarh's Pandavani folk theatre to symbolically represent various weapons or objects during a performance?

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In the classification of Indian musical instruments, Ghan Vadya refers to instruments that produce sound mainly through the vibration of their solid body when…

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In the traditional ‘Rasiya’ folk songs of Uttar Pradesh, the term ‘bumb’ refers to which musical instrument?

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The monastic orchestra that uses the traditional instrument ‘Gyaling’ (a type of oboe) is associated with which region of India?

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The traditional musical instrument “Asem” from Nagaland belongs to which of the following categories?

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