Musical Quiz

Quiz for competitive Exams 

Music and Dance 

1. Swami Haridas is associated with

1. Dance
2. Vocal music (Hindustani)
3. Painting
4. Yoga

 

2. Which of the following is a ‘classical’ dance form?

1. Kalaripayattu
2. Chhobia
3. Bhawai
4. Kathakali *

 

3. Which of the following is a martial dance?

1. Kathakali
2. Bamboo dance in Meghalaya
3. Chhau of Mayurbhanj *
4. Bhangra of Punjab

4. Koodiyattam is a

1. traditional dance of Kerala *
2. special food prepared in Tamilnadu
3. boat race of Kerala
4. the dress was worn in Karnataka

 

5. With which of the following dances Raja& Radha Reddy is associated with?

1. Bharatnatyam
2. Kuchipudi *
3. Odissi
4. Kathakali

6. "Gidda" is a popular folk dance from which the state of India?

1. Punjab*
2. Haryana
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Uttarakhand

7. Who was described as Nritya Samragyi by Rabindra Nath Tagore

1. Shovana Narayan
2. Padma Subrahmanyam
3. Sonal Man Singh
4. Sitara Devi*

8. Chakyar Koothu is a performing art associated with which of the following states?

1. Manipur
2. Kerala *
3. Mizoram
4. Himachal Pradesh

9. Which of the following is a folk dance of Rajasthan?

1. Garba
2. Dandiya
3. Ghoomar *
4. Kathak

10. Who amongst the following is renowned in Hindustani classical music (vocal)?

1. Shovana Narayan
2. M. S. Subbalakshmi
3. Pt. Jasraj*
4. Hari Prasad Chaurasia

11. Shambhu Maharaj outshine in:

1. Hindustani Classical Music
2. Instrumental Music
3. Urdu Poetry
4. Kathak Dancing *

12. The Mohini Attam dance form was developed in which state:

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Karnataka
3. Kerala *
4. Tamil Nadu

13. The theory of classical music is discussed in:

1. Samaveda *
2. Yajurveda
3. Rigveda
4. Atharvaveda

14. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir?

1. Jhora
2. Veedhi
3. Rauf *
4. Suisini

15. Which is a wind instrument?

1. Sitar
2. Shehnai *
3. Pakhawaj
4. Mridangam

16. Hojagiri dance is native to which State?

1. Sikkim
2. Odisha
3. Assam
4. Tripura*

17. Bharatnatyam is the dance form of which state?
    a. Kerala
    b.  Karnataka
    c. Tamil Nadu *
    d. Andhra Pradesh

18. Which Gharana Sitara Devi belongs to:-

    a.  Jaipur

    b. Lucknow

    c. Banaras*

    d. Raigarh

 

19.Who wrote National Anthem of India

    a. Subash Chandra Bosh

    b. Saurrendramohan Tagore

     c. Rabindranath Tagore*

    d. Jawaharlal Nehru

 

20. Who wrote the patriotic song Vande Mataram

    a. Munsi prem chand

    b. Nirala

    c. Shyama Prasad Mukharjee

    d. Bankim Chandra Chatarjee *

 

21. Name the father of Pandit Birju maharaj:

    a. Pandit Bindadin maharaj

    b. Pandit Lachuu maharaj

    c. Pandit Sambhoo maharaj

    d. Pandit Achhan maharaj*

 

22. Rajendra Gangani is the Kathak exponent of which Gharana

     a. Lucknow

    b. Jaipur*

    c. Banaras

    d. Raipur

 

23. Rukmani Devi is associated with which dance form-

    a. Kathak

    b. Bharatnatyam*

    c. Kuchipudi

    d. Odissi

 

24. Sammi and Gidda is associate with –

    a.  Kashmiri folk dance

    b. Rajasthani folk dance

    c. Punjabi folk dance*

    d. Bengali folk dance

 The Correct answers are marks as * 

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