Cluster · Indian Classical Musicians and Their Instruments

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Musicians and Their Instruments GK
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Tarun Bhattacharya, who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018, is known for playing which musical instrument?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Who is a well known tabla maestro of the Punjab Gharana ?

[SSC CHSL 2022]

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Who among the following is famous for playing the musical instrument 'Sarod"?

[SSC MTS 2022]

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Which musical instrument is played by Yella Venkateswara Rao, an Indian classical musician and percussionist?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Which of the following musical instruments is also known as a ‘Mangal Vadya’?

[SSC CGL 2021]

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Pandit Ravi Shankar, founder of National Orchestra of India, was a________player.

[SSC CPO 2024]

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Zakir Hussain, a famous Tabla player, belonged to which of the following musical gharanas?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Musician Tulsidas Borkar is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

[CONSTABLE EXECUTIVE ]

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Annapurna Devi is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC MTS 2024]

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Ustad Asad Ali Khan played which of the following instruments?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Who among the following is a Sarod player popularly known as 'Sarod Samrat'?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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The name of Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with which of the following Indian musical instruments?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Hariprasad Chaurasia is a _____ player.

[SSC MTS ]

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Pandit Kishan Maharaj was associated with which instrument?

[SSC MTS ]

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Dr N Rajam is known for playing the ________.

[SSC MTS ]

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Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Anoushka Shankar are associated with which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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Who among the following is/was a famous sitarist?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Who among the following is a famous Santoor instrumentalist?

[RRB NTPC ]

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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is a world-renowned exponent of the ________.

[CONSTABLE EXE 2023]

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The kanjira is a frame drum of South India. It consists of a skin (usually iguana) stretched and pasted on a circular _____frame.

[NTPC 2]

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Name the Indian sitar player who became a hippie music icon of the 1960s after collaborating with the Beatles.

[SSC GD 2025]

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Pandit Ram Narayan was associated with which musical instrument?

[SSC MTS ]

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Pandit Ram Narayan, a famous instrumentalist, is known for playing which of the following instruments?

[SSC CPO 2023]

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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is credited with single-handedly popularising which musical instrument?

[SSC MTS 2024]

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Famous musician Talvin Singh is associated with playing the____.

[SSC CPO 2023]

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Ravi Shankar is famous for which of the following musical instruments ?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Bismillah Khan played which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Who among the following Indian classical tabla players was called 'Abbaji'? He collaborated with American jazz drummer Buddy Rich to create a music album in 1968

[SSC CGL 2023]

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Who among the following was the guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar ?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Shiv Kumar Sharma is associated with which instrument?

[SSC MTS ]

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Which of the following is NOT a Percussion Instrument used in Carnatic Music?

[NTPC 2]

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‘Streets Of Calcutta’ and ‘Dancing Drums’ are the two popular tracks of ______________.

[SSC GD 2025]

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Pandit Kishan Maharaj was a famous Indian __________player.

[SSC MTS 2022]

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Which instrument was played by Ustad Asad Ali Khan ?

[SSC GD 2024]

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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an Indian musician and composer was the foremost exponent of the______.

[SSC MTS 2022]

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Ustaad Allauddin Khan, a famous Indian musician is associated with __________ musical instrument.

[SSC MTS 2022]

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Which of the following exponents does NOT play the Sitar?

[RRB NTPC ]

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The famous musician, Faiyaz Khan is associated with which musical instrument?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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Annapurna Devi is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Match the following musical instruments with the maestros who play them.a. Santoor i. Bismillah Khanb. Sitar ii. Ustad Binda Khanc. Shehnai iii. Pt Shiv Kumar Sharmad. Sarangi iv. Anushka Shankar

[SSC CHSL 2024]

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With which musical instrument was the noted musician Pandit Kishan Maharaj associated ?

[CONSTABLE EXECUTIVE ]

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

[SSC CGL 2024]

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U. Srinivas is a famous player of which of the following instruments?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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A Ghatam is a ______.

[SSC CGL 2021]

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Ustad Akbar Ali Khan is remembered for his contribution to which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai is a famous _______ player.

[CONSTABLE EXE 2023]

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Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

[SSC GD 2025]

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

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Who of the following is famous for playing the musical instrument Kanjira?

[SSC GD 2024]

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Bhajan Sopori, a Padma Shri awardee, is a _________ player.

[SSC CPO 2024]

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