Cluster · Indian Classical Music and Musicians
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Which statement about Syama Sastri is correct? [CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I] pipeline-771428
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Indian Playback Singers holds the Guinness world record for singing the highest number of songs in one day? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-771379
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following musicians is popularly known as ‘Panchamda’? [MTS Non Tech Havaldar CBIC and CBN Examination 2023] pipeline-770749
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Chhannulal Mishra is related to which Musical Lineage? [CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I] pipeline-770968
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Carnatic classical vocalist and first ever musician to receive the Bharat Ratna award, also known as ‘Queen of songs’, is _________. [SICPO Paper I 2024] pipeline-771889
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Ricky Kej won his third Grammy under which of the following categories? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2023] pipeline-770999
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the National Film Award for best male playback singer for his rendition in which of the following Hindi movies of 1985? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-770944
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Anup Rag Vilas’ is a book written by which of the following musicians? [SICPO Paper I 2024] pipeline-771056
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Pt Bhimsen Joshi is associated with which of the following? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772108
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following female singers has been felicitated with the Bharat Ratna? [MTS Non Tech Havaldar CBIC and CBN Examination 2023] pipeline-772354
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Kishori Amonkar is famous for which of the following forms of music? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772940
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following awards has been conferred upon Kailash Kher? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021] pipeline-772664
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The institute established by Kaka Hathrasi in 1932 is: [CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I] pipeline-771283
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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In 2002, Zakir Hussain became the youngest percussionist to be honoured with which award? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-771550
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following song did AR Rahman record with Michael Jackson? [CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I] pipeline-772994
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following sitar players was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 1999? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2023] pipeline-771693
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour? pipeline-771160
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Abdul Karim Khan was the exponent of which school of Hindustani Music? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2022] pipeline-772606
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Harmonium player, Tulsidas Borkar, was awarded with the ___________ in 2016. [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-771964
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Maharashtra Bhushan was conferred upon _________________ in the year 2002. [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-772569
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following was the co-winner of Bharat Ratna with Lata Mangeskar in the year 2001? [SICPO Paper I 2024] pipeline-773206
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Carnatic music is confined to ______. [CHSL Exam 2022 Tier I] pipeline-771049
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Hindustani classical instrumentalists won the Grammy Award in 1993 for his album ‘A Meeting by The River’ with Ry Cooder? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-773271
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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M S Subbulakshmi, a legend in India is known for which of the following? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-770834
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Indian singers is known as the Nightingale of India? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021] pipeline-770862
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following is known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-770946
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Mohan Veena player Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the Grammy Award in the year __________. [SICPO Paper I 2024] pipeline-771718
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Pandit Kumar Gandharva received the ________________________ in 1977 for his contributions in the field of Hindustani Classical music. [Junior Engineer 2024 Civil Paper I] pipeline-772623
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which Indian musician personality’s native place is West Bengal? [MTS Non Tech Havaldar CBIC and CBN Examination 2023] pipeline-772330
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Classical Sarod player, Amjad Ali Khan was awarded ____________ in 2001 by the Government of India. [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-773496
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which form of music is the legendary 'Lalon Fakir' associated with? pipeline-771507
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Wadali Brothers are _________ singers. [SICPO Paper I 2023] pipeline-771738
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following vocalists of Calcutta was the first artist of the sub-continent to record on the gramophone commercially in November 1902? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-771937
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Indian music composers and singers, who is popular by nickname ‘the Mozart of Madras’, was placed in The Time’s list of the world’s most influential people in 2009? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772115
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Allah Jilai Bai, a singer from Rajasthan is famous for which of the following? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-773103
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following does NOT belong to Rampur Sahaswan Gharana? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-771941
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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In the year 1952, who among the following lent his voice for the film ‘Amar Bhupali’, which was being produced in two languages simultaneously and he sang in both Bengali and Marathi ? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-772276
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Shamshad begum, one of the first women to sing playback for Hindi movies, was conferred with the prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her contribution to Hindi film Music in the year _____. [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772382
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who has written the book Sangeet Bal Prakash? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-770960
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Indian singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772702
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The important singers of ___________Gharana are Faiyyaz Khan, Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini. [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772754
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following Indian musicians received the 'Best Original Song' award for his composition in 'Slumdog Millionaire', at Oscars 2009? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021] pipeline-772770
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the ____________ Award in the year 1994. [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-772785
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Prabha Atre, who received the Padma Vibhushan Award 2022, belongs to which Gharana? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-773181
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following personalities have NOT been nominated for a Grammy Award? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-771933
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Gangu bai Hangal and Prabha Atre were exponents of the ___________ Gharana. [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I] pipeline-771419
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Name the album for which Pandit Ravi Shankar won the Grammy award in 1967. [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021] pipeline-772883
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following personalities, known by the affectionate moniker ‘Nightingale of India’, passed away in February 2022? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021] pipeline-772911
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which Indian musician won a Grammy twice for Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire in 2010? [CHSL 2021 Tier I] pipeline-772246
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following singers has received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? [CHSL Exam 2022 Tier I] pipeline-772302
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gk | — | intermediate |