Practice Music: Instruments and Maestros – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Arrange the following in chronological order.

1. Venkatamakhi gives the scheme of 72 Melakartas

2. Haripala writes the Sangeeta Sudhakara

3. Dhrupad enters its period of greatest bloom

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about Carnatic and Hindustani music.

1. The terms Carnatic and Hindustani are first found in Haripala's Sangeeta Sudhakara.

2. The Carnatic Musical Trinity were all born at Tiruvarur.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Natya Shastra groups musical instruments on the basis of ______, and its Ghana vadya category refers to ______.

Which one of the following instruments is the odd one out?

Consider the following statements about stringed instruments.

1. The sitar is a popular stringed instrument of North India.

2. The toomba (resonator) of the sitar is made of gourd.

3. The Gottuvadyam is a fretted concert instrument of the South.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which ruler was a great patron of Dhrupad during its period of bloom?

Which of the following statements about Hindustani music is NOT correct?

In Hindustani music, the term 'theka' refers to:

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.