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Q.357 .________ along with his wife,
herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan
in 1993.
SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning)
(a) Pankaj Charan Das
(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra
(c) Raghunath Dutta
(d) Deba Prasad Das
Sol.357.(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra . He is
an exponent of Odissi Dance. he
choreographed a number of dance -
dramas in Odissi style, including
"Panchapuspa", "Krushna Gatha", "Geeta
Govinda", "Urbashi", "Krushna Leela",
"Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra".
Q.358. The Nooran Sisters are renowned
for which of the following genres of
Indian Music?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Qawwali (b) Su?
(c) Ghazals (d) HindustaniClassical
Sol.358.(b) Su?. The Nooran Sisters
(Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran) are a
Su? singing duo from Jalandhar, India.
They perform Sham Chaurasia gharana
classical music.
Q.359. Which of the following Hindustani
vocalists from Allahabad, along with her
famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had
the privilege of performing for Emperor
George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Shobha Abhyankar (b) Annupamaa
(c) Allah Jilai Bai (d) Janki Bai
Sol.359.(d) Janki Bai. She was popularly
known as “Chhappan chhuri” or the
'woman with 56 stab wounds'. Shobha
Abhyankar (Pune) - Mewati Gharana.
Annupamaa (Chennai)- Carnatic Music,
Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music.
Q.360. Padma Shri awardee Gopal
Prasad Dubey was awarded for his
contribution to which of the following
dances?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Panthi
(c) Chhau (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.360.(c) Chhau. Awards: Padma Shri
(2012), Suvarna Shankhu (2010), Natya
Shri title from Nataraj Music Academy
(2010).
Q.361. Who is the ?rst Indian musician to
win the Oscar award for Best Original
Score?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty
(c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman
Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman . Resul Pookutty
won an oscar award for best sound
mixing. Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for
costume design for her work on
“Gandhi”. Mehboob Khan was the
Director of the movie Mother India which
was nominated in the best foreign ?lm
category.
Q.362. Shamshad Begum, one of the ?rst
women to sing playback for Hindi
movies, was conferred with the
prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her
contribution to Hindi ?lm Music in the
year _____.
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 2001 (b) 2009 (c) 2012 (d) 2005
Sol.362.(b) 2009. Awarrds: Padma
Bhushan (2009).
Q.363. Meenakshi Srinivasan received
the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2011 for which of the following dance
forms?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.363.(d) Bharatanatyam . In 2018
(Last Awarded) - Durgesh Gangani
(Kathak), Dr Manju Elangbam (Manipuri),
Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) .
Q.364. Which of the following dancers of
Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical
dance was given the Devadasi National
Award in 2013?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Smitha Rajan (b) Jayaprabha Menon
(c) Sunanda Nair (d) Gopika Verma
Sol.364.(b) Jayaprabha Menon . Prerana
Deshpande, a kathak dancer, has been
awarded the Devadasi National Award
for her contribution to Kathak dance in
2016.
Q.365. Tulsidas Borkar, who was
awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016,
was a _________ player.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) nadhaswaram (b) shehnai
(c) bansuri (d) Harmonium
Sol.365.(d) Harmonium player. Famous
harmonium players are RK Bijapure,
Sudhir Nayak, Vidyadhar Oke, Aditya Oke,
Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc.
Q.366. Who among the following Sadir
dancers received the Padma Shri 2022?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Tsering Namgyal
(b) Sulochna Chavan
(c) R Muthu Kannammal
(d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan
Sol.366.(c) R Muthu Kannammal .
Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
ancient dance of Sadir Attam. Sulochana
Chavan is an Indian singer, known for her
lavanis in Marathi. R Muthu Kannammal
is a seventh generation veteran Sadir
dancer from the Indian State of Tamil
Nadu. She is the only surviving person
among the 32 Devadasis.
Q.367. Haleem Khan is associated with
which of the following classical dances ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.367.(c) Kuchipudi .
Q.368. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was
conferred the Padma Shri award for his
contribution to which form of dance in
India ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Panthi (b) Saila
(c) Chhau (d) Raut Nacha
Sol.368.(c) Chhau. Padma Shri (2011).
Q.369. Padma Shri awardee Guru Amubi
Singh was conferred the award for his
signi?cant contributions in which of the
following dance forms ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi
Sol.369.(b) Manipuri . Padma Shri
(1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1956).
Q.370. __________ was ?rst trained in
classical music under her father Ustad
‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established
the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Anupama Bhagwat
(b) Annapurna Devi
(c) Roopa Panesar
(d) Sahana Banerjee
Sol.370.(b) Annapurna Devi was an
Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of
Hindustani classical music. She was
given the name 'Annapurna' by former
Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former
Maihar state.
Q.371. Due to the service done by the
poet ___________, the Kathakali dance
form received a new impetus and today,
many innovations are also being made to
suit the needs of a changing society.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Purandara Dasa
(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(c) Satchidanandan
(d) Gopal Bhatta
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Q.357 .________ along with his wife,
herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan
in 1993.
SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning)
(a) Pankaj Charan Das
(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra
(c) Raghunath Dutta
(d) Deba Prasad Das
Sol.357.(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra . He is
an exponent of Odissi Dance. he
choreographed a number of dance -
dramas in Odissi style, including
"Panchapuspa", "Krushna Gatha", "Geeta
Govinda", "Urbashi", "Krushna Leela",
"Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra".
Q.358. The Nooran Sisters are renowned
for which of the following genres of
Indian Music?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Qawwali (b) Su?
(c) Ghazals (d) HindustaniClassical
Sol.358.(b) Su?. The Nooran Sisters
(Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran) are a
Su? singing duo from Jalandhar, India.
They perform Sham Chaurasia gharana
classical music.
Q.359. Which of the following Hindustani
vocalists from Allahabad, along with her
famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had
the privilege of performing for Emperor
George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Shobha Abhyankar (b) Annupamaa
(c) Allah Jilai Bai (d) Janki Bai
Sol.359.(d) Janki Bai. She was popularly
known as “Chhappan chhuri” or the
'woman with 56 stab wounds'. Shobha
Abhyankar (Pune) - Mewati Gharana.
Annupamaa (Chennai)- Carnatic Music,
Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music.
Q.360. Padma Shri awardee Gopal
Prasad Dubey was awarded for his
contribution to which of the following
dances?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Panthi
(c) Chhau (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.360.(c) Chhau. Awards: Padma Shri
(2012), Suvarna Shankhu (2010), Natya
Shri title from Nataraj Music Academy
(2010).
Q.361. Who is the ?rst Indian musician to
win the Oscar award for Best Original
Score?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty
(c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman
Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman . Resul Pookutty
won an oscar award for best sound
mixing. Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for
costume design for her work on
“Gandhi”. Mehboob Khan was the
Director of the movie Mother India which
was nominated in the best foreign ?lm
category.
Q.362. Shamshad Begum, one of the ?rst
women to sing playback for Hindi
movies, was conferred with the
prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her
contribution to Hindi ?lm Music in the
year _____.
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 2001 (b) 2009 (c) 2012 (d) 2005
Sol.362.(b) 2009. Awarrds: Padma
Bhushan (2009).
Q.363. Meenakshi Srinivasan received
the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2011 for which of the following dance
forms?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.363.(d) Bharatanatyam . In 2018
(Last Awarded) - Durgesh Gangani
(Kathak), Dr Manju Elangbam (Manipuri),
Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) .
Q.364. Which of the following dancers of
Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical
dance was given the Devadasi National
Award in 2013?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Smitha Rajan (b) Jayaprabha Menon
(c) Sunanda Nair (d) Gopika Verma
Sol.364.(b) Jayaprabha Menon . Prerana
Deshpande, a kathak dancer, has been
awarded the Devadasi National Award
for her contribution to Kathak dance in
2016.
Q.365. Tulsidas Borkar, who was
awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016,
was a _________ player.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) nadhaswaram (b) shehnai
(c) bansuri (d) Harmonium
Sol.365.(d) Harmonium player. Famous
harmonium players are RK Bijapure,
Sudhir Nayak, Vidyadhar Oke, Aditya Oke,
Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc.
Q.366. Who among the following Sadir
dancers received the Padma Shri 2022?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Tsering Namgyal
(b) Sulochna Chavan
(c) R Muthu Kannammal
(d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan
Sol.366.(c) R Muthu Kannammal .
Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
ancient dance of Sadir Attam. Sulochana
Chavan is an Indian singer, known for her
lavanis in Marathi. R Muthu Kannammal
is a seventh generation veteran Sadir
dancer from the Indian State of Tamil
Nadu. She is the only surviving person
among the 32 Devadasis.
Q.367. Haleem Khan is associated with
which of the following classical dances ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.367.(c) Kuchipudi .
Q.368. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was
conferred the Padma Shri award for his
contribution to which form of dance in
India ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Panthi (b) Saila
(c) Chhau (d) Raut Nacha
Sol.368.(c) Chhau. Padma Shri (2011).
Q.369. Padma Shri awardee Guru Amubi
Singh was conferred the award for his
signi?cant contributions in which of the
following dance forms ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi
Sol.369.(b) Manipuri . Padma Shri
(1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1956).
Q.370. __________ was ?rst trained in
classical music under her father Ustad
‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established
the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Anupama Bhagwat
(b) Annapurna Devi
(c) Roopa Panesar
(d) Sahana Banerjee
Sol.370.(b) Annapurna Devi was an
Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of
Hindustani classical music. She was
given the name 'Annapurna' by former
Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former
Maihar state.
Q.371. Due to the service done by the
poet ___________, the Kathakali dance
form received a new impetus and today,
many innovations are also being made to
suit the needs of a changing society.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Purandara Dasa
(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(c) Satchidanandan
(d) Gopal Bhatta
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Sol.371.(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
was a poet in the Malayalam Language.
His famous poem is "Ente Gurunathan"
("My Great Teacher"). He was one of the
triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam,
along with Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S.
Parameswara Iyer.
Q.372. Padma Shri awardee Guru
Gangadhar Pradhan is an accomplished
dancer of which of the following dance
forms ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali
(c) Odissi (d) Kathak
Sol.372.(c) Odissi . He was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998
and the Padma Shri (India's fourth
highest civilian award) in 2008.
Q.373. Who among the following
personalities was awarded the O?cer of
the Legion of Honour award?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Asha Bhosle (b) Shamshad Begum
(c) S Janaki (d) Lata Mangeshkar
Sol.373.(d) Lata Mangeshkar ( 2009) .
The Legion of Honour is the highest
French Honour. Shri A.S Kiran kumar
conferred “Knight of the Legion of
Honour”. Azim Premji also was conferred
with the Legion of Honour award.
Q.374. Who among the following
versatile musicians of India won the Best
Music Director National Award for the
Hindi movie ‘Rudaali’ and was also
known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin
(c) Joi Barua (d) Jayanta Hazarika
Sol.374.(a) Bhupen Hazarika . He
received Bharat Ratna Award in 2019. He
is from Assam.
Q.375. Ashish Sankrityayan is an
exponent of _________ music.
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Odissi (b) Dhrupad
(c) Thumri (d) Kajari
Sol.375.(b) Dhrupad . In Hindustani
music, there are ten main singing styles:
Dhrupad, Tappa, Chaturang, Ragasagar,
Dhamar, Hori, Khayal, Tarana, Sargam,
and Thumri. Every composition in the
Carnatic style is made up of several
parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and
Ragamalika.
Q.376. The nineteenth century saw the
golden age of Kathak under the
patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last
Nawab of __________.
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Hyderabad (b) Rampur
(c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
Sol.376.(c) Oudh. He patronised the
Lucknow Gharana of Kathak.
Q.377. Which Manipuri Classical Dancer
opened the ‘Govindji Narthanalaya’ dance
school for women in Imphal?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Chandrakanta Singh
(b) Bipin Singh
(c) Senarik Rajkumar
(d) Nileshwar Mukherjee
Sol.377.(b) Bipin Singh (Manipuri
Dancer) opened the ‘Govindji
Narthanalaya’ dance school for women
in Imphal.
Q.378. Who among the following is an
Indian Singer of Hindustani Classical
Music?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) L Subramaniam
(b) Shubha Mudgal
(c) Kishan Maharaj
(d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Sol.378.(b) Shubha Mudgal . Award:
Padma Shri (2000). Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award (2016). L
Subramaniam - Violinist. Kishan Maharaj
- Tabla Player. Dwaram Venkataswamy
Naidu - Violinist.
Q.379. Shobana Chandrakumar, a
recipient of Padma Shri, is a dancer of
which of the following Indian classical
dance forms?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Manipuri (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Odissi
Sol.379.(b) Bharatnatyam . Padma Shri
(2006). She won the Kalaimamani (Tamil
Nadu) award in 2011. She won the
Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013.
Q.380. Who among the following is
known as a descendant of Ishwari
Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sambhu Mahara (b) GopiKrishna
(c) Lacchu Maharaj (d) Birju Maharaj
Sol.380.(d) Pandit Birju Maharaj . He was
an exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka
-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak. He was a
descendant of the Maharaj family of
Kathak dancers, which includes his two
uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu
Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj.
Gopi Krishna was also a Kathak dancer
who received the title of “Nataraj" (King
of Dancers) at the All Bengal Music
Conference at the age of 15.
Q.381. The ?rst recipient of the National
Award for Best Music Direction was
_______ who was honoured for his
composition in the Tamil ?lm Kandan
Karunai.
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) KV Mahadevan (b) Vidyasagar
(c) Deva (d) Karthik Raja
Sol.381.(a) K. V. Mahadevan . He was
again awarded the same in 1979 for
Sankarabharanam (Telugu ?lm).
National Award for Best Music Direction
2019: D. Imman was awarded for
Viswasam (Tamil ?lm).
Q.382. In which of the following years
did Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi give
his ?rst ever live performance?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 1937 (b) 1945 (c) 1941 (d) 1950
Sol.382.(c) Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj
Joshi (Pandit), was one of the greatest
Indian vocalists from Karnataka and
belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition
of the Hindustani classical tradition. He
gave his ?rst live performance in 1941 at
the age of 19.
Q.383. Padma Shri awardee Chittani
Ramachandra Hegde is known for his
contribution to which of the following
dance forms in India?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Kuchipudi
(c) Yakshagana (d) Kathakali
Sol.383.(c) Yakshagana . He was the ?rst
Yakshagana artist to be awarded the
Padma Shri Award by the Government of
India in 2019. His style is so popular that
it is called Chittani Gharana. Other
Yakshagana artists include Balipa
Narayana Bhagavatha, Naranappa
Uppoor, Parameshwar Hegde, Kalinga
Nevada, Keremane Shivarama Hegde,
etc.
Q.384. Who among the following Khayal
singers of the 19th century was given the
title of ‘Tanras” by Bahadur Shah Jaffar,
the last Mughal Emperor of India?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan
(b) Meer Qutub Baksh
(c) Ustad Amir Khan
(d) Sadarang
Sol.384.(b) Meer Qutub Baksh. He was
also a member of the Qawwal Bachchon
Ka Delhi Gharana. His tomb in Hyderabad
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Q.357 .________ along with his wife,
herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan
in 1993.
SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning)
(a) Pankaj Charan Das
(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra
(c) Raghunath Dutta
(d) Deba Prasad Das
Sol.357.(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra . He is
an exponent of Odissi Dance. he
choreographed a number of dance -
dramas in Odissi style, including
"Panchapuspa", "Krushna Gatha", "Geeta
Govinda", "Urbashi", "Krushna Leela",
"Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra".
Q.358. The Nooran Sisters are renowned
for which of the following genres of
Indian Music?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Qawwali (b) Su?
(c) Ghazals (d) HindustaniClassical
Sol.358.(b) Su?. The Nooran Sisters
(Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran) are a
Su? singing duo from Jalandhar, India.
They perform Sham Chaurasia gharana
classical music.
Q.359. Which of the following Hindustani
vocalists from Allahabad, along with her
famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had
the privilege of performing for Emperor
George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Shobha Abhyankar (b) Annupamaa
(c) Allah Jilai Bai (d) Janki Bai
Sol.359.(d) Janki Bai. She was popularly
known as “Chhappan chhuri” or the
'woman with 56 stab wounds'. Shobha
Abhyankar (Pune) - Mewati Gharana.
Annupamaa (Chennai)- Carnatic Music,
Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music.
Q.360. Padma Shri awardee Gopal
Prasad Dubey was awarded for his
contribution to which of the following
dances?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Panthi
(c) Chhau (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.360.(c) Chhau. Awards: Padma Shri
(2012), Suvarna Shankhu (2010), Natya
Shri title from Nataraj Music Academy
(2010).
Q.361. Who is the ?rst Indian musician to
win the Oscar award for Best Original
Score?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty
(c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman
Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman . Resul Pookutty
won an oscar award for best sound
mixing. Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for
costume design for her work on
“Gandhi”. Mehboob Khan was the
Director of the movie Mother India which
was nominated in the best foreign ?lm
category.
Q.362. Shamshad Begum, one of the ?rst
women to sing playback for Hindi
movies, was conferred with the
prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her
contribution to Hindi ?lm Music in the
year _____.
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 2001 (b) 2009 (c) 2012 (d) 2005
Sol.362.(b) 2009. Awarrds: Padma
Bhushan (2009).
Q.363. Meenakshi Srinivasan received
the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2011 for which of the following dance
forms?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.363.(d) Bharatanatyam . In 2018
(Last Awarded) - Durgesh Gangani
(Kathak), Dr Manju Elangbam (Manipuri),
Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) .
Q.364. Which of the following dancers of
Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical
dance was given the Devadasi National
Award in 2013?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Smitha Rajan (b) Jayaprabha Menon
(c) Sunanda Nair (d) Gopika Verma
Sol.364.(b) Jayaprabha Menon . Prerana
Deshpande, a kathak dancer, has been
awarded the Devadasi National Award
for her contribution to Kathak dance in
2016.
Q.365. Tulsidas Borkar, who was
awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016,
was a _________ player.
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(a) nadhaswaram (b) shehnai
(c) bansuri (d) Harmonium
Sol.365.(d) Harmonium player. Famous
harmonium players are RK Bijapure,
Sudhir Nayak, Vidyadhar Oke, Aditya Oke,
Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc.
Q.366. Who among the following Sadir
dancers received the Padma Shri 2022?
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(a) Tsering Namgyal
(b) Sulochna Chavan
(c) R Muthu Kannammal
(d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan
Sol.366.(c) R Muthu Kannammal .
Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
ancient dance of Sadir Attam. Sulochana
Chavan is an Indian singer, known for her
lavanis in Marathi. R Muthu Kannammal
is a seventh generation veteran Sadir
dancer from the Indian State of Tamil
Nadu. She is the only surviving person
among the 32 Devadasis.
Q.367. Haleem Khan is associated with
which of the following classical dances ?
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(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.367.(c) Kuchipudi .
Q.368. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was
conferred the Padma Shri award for his
contribution to which form of dance in
India ?
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(a) Panthi (b) Saila
(c) Chhau (d) Raut Nacha
Sol.368.(c) Chhau. Padma Shri (2011).
Q.369. Padma Shri awardee Guru Amubi
Singh was conferred the award for his
signi?cant contributions in which of the
following dance forms ?
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(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi
Sol.369.(b) Manipuri . Padma Shri
(1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1956).
Q.370. __________ was ?rst trained in
classical music under her father Ustad
‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established
the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.
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(a) Anupama Bhagwat
(b) Annapurna Devi
(c) Roopa Panesar
(d) Sahana Banerjee
Sol.370.(b) Annapurna Devi was an
Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of
Hindustani classical music. She was
given the name 'Annapurna' by former
Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former
Maihar state.
Q.371. Due to the service done by the
poet ___________, the Kathakali dance
form received a new impetus and today,
many innovations are also being made to
suit the needs of a changing society.
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(a) Purandara Dasa
(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(c) Satchidanandan
(d) Gopal Bhatta
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Sol.371.(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
was a poet in the Malayalam Language.
His famous poem is "Ente Gurunathan"
("My Great Teacher"). He was one of the
triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam,
along with Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S.
Parameswara Iyer.
Q.372. Padma Shri awardee Guru
Gangadhar Pradhan is an accomplished
dancer of which of the following dance
forms ?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali
(c) Odissi (d) Kathak
Sol.372.(c) Odissi . He was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998
and the Padma Shri (India's fourth
highest civilian award) in 2008.
Q.373. Who among the following
personalities was awarded the O?cer of
the Legion of Honour award?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Asha Bhosle (b) Shamshad Begum
(c) S Janaki (d) Lata Mangeshkar
Sol.373.(d) Lata Mangeshkar ( 2009) .
The Legion of Honour is the highest
French Honour. Shri A.S Kiran kumar
conferred “Knight of the Legion of
Honour”. Azim Premji also was conferred
with the Legion of Honour award.
Q.374. Who among the following
versatile musicians of India won the Best
Music Director National Award for the
Hindi movie ‘Rudaali’ and was also
known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
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(a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin
(c) Joi Barua (d) Jayanta Hazarika
Sol.374.(a) Bhupen Hazarika . He
received Bharat Ratna Award in 2019. He
is from Assam.
Q.375. Ashish Sankrityayan is an
exponent of _________ music.
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(a) Odissi (b) Dhrupad
(c) Thumri (d) Kajari
Sol.375.(b) Dhrupad . In Hindustani
music, there are ten main singing styles:
Dhrupad, Tappa, Chaturang, Ragasagar,
Dhamar, Hori, Khayal, Tarana, Sargam,
and Thumri. Every composition in the
Carnatic style is made up of several
parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and
Ragamalika.
Q.376. The nineteenth century saw the
golden age of Kathak under the
patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last
Nawab of __________.
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(a) Hyderabad (b) Rampur
(c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
Sol.376.(c) Oudh. He patronised the
Lucknow Gharana of Kathak.
Q.377. Which Manipuri Classical Dancer
opened the ‘Govindji Narthanalaya’ dance
school for women in Imphal?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Chandrakanta Singh
(b) Bipin Singh
(c) Senarik Rajkumar
(d) Nileshwar Mukherjee
Sol.377.(b) Bipin Singh (Manipuri
Dancer) opened the ‘Govindji
Narthanalaya’ dance school for women
in Imphal.
Q.378. Who among the following is an
Indian Singer of Hindustani Classical
Music?
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(a) L Subramaniam
(b) Shubha Mudgal
(c) Kishan Maharaj
(d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Sol.378.(b) Shubha Mudgal . Award:
Padma Shri (2000). Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award (2016). L
Subramaniam - Violinist. Kishan Maharaj
- Tabla Player. Dwaram Venkataswamy
Naidu - Violinist.
Q.379. Shobana Chandrakumar, a
recipient of Padma Shri, is a dancer of
which of the following Indian classical
dance forms?
SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Manipuri (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Odissi
Sol.379.(b) Bharatnatyam . Padma Shri
(2006). She won the Kalaimamani (Tamil
Nadu) award in 2011. She won the
Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013.
Q.380. Who among the following is
known as a descendant of Ishwari
Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher?
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(a) Sambhu Mahara (b) GopiKrishna
(c) Lacchu Maharaj (d) Birju Maharaj
Sol.380.(d) Pandit Birju Maharaj . He was
an exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka
-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak. He was a
descendant of the Maharaj family of
Kathak dancers, which includes his two
uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu
Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj.
Gopi Krishna was also a Kathak dancer
who received the title of “Nataraj" (King
of Dancers) at the All Bengal Music
Conference at the age of 15.
Q.381. The ?rst recipient of the National
Award for Best Music Direction was
_______ who was honoured for his
composition in the Tamil ?lm Kandan
Karunai.
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(a) KV Mahadevan (b) Vidyasagar
(c) Deva (d) Karthik Raja
Sol.381.(a) K. V. Mahadevan . He was
again awarded the same in 1979 for
Sankarabharanam (Telugu ?lm).
National Award for Best Music Direction
2019: D. Imman was awarded for
Viswasam (Tamil ?lm).
Q.382. In which of the following years
did Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi give
his ?rst ever live performance?
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(a) 1937 (b) 1945 (c) 1941 (d) 1950
Sol.382.(c) Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj
Joshi (Pandit), was one of the greatest
Indian vocalists from Karnataka and
belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition
of the Hindustani classical tradition. He
gave his ?rst live performance in 1941 at
the age of 19.
Q.383. Padma Shri awardee Chittani
Ramachandra Hegde is known for his
contribution to which of the following
dance forms in India?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Kuchipudi
(c) Yakshagana (d) Kathakali
Sol.383.(c) Yakshagana . He was the ?rst
Yakshagana artist to be awarded the
Padma Shri Award by the Government of
India in 2019. His style is so popular that
it is called Chittani Gharana. Other
Yakshagana artists include Balipa
Narayana Bhagavatha, Naranappa
Uppoor, Parameshwar Hegde, Kalinga
Nevada, Keremane Shivarama Hegde,
etc.
Q.384. Who among the following Khayal
singers of the 19th century was given the
title of ‘Tanras” by Bahadur Shah Jaffar,
the last Mughal Emperor of India?
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(a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan
(b) Meer Qutub Baksh
(c) Ustad Amir Khan
(d) Sadarang
Sol.384.(b) Meer Qutub Baksh. He was
also a member of the Qawwal Bachchon
Ka Delhi Gharana. His tomb in Hyderabad
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is near Khamas Shah Dargah. Ustad
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (vocalist, from
Patiala Gharana), Ustad Amir Khan
(founder of the Indore gharana) and
Sadarang (Khayal Gharana).
Q.385. Who among the following Indian
Playback Singers holds the Guinness
world record for singing the highest
number of songs in one day?
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Alka Yagnik (b) Kumar Sanu
(c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan
Sol.385.(b) Kumar Sanu holds the
Guinness world record for singing the
highest number of 28 songs in one day
in 1993. Honours- Maharashtra Ratna
Awards (2014), Mahanayak Samman
Lifetime Achievement: as Bengali
Playback Singer (2014), Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Nobel Award (2017), Bishesh
Sangeet Mahasanman (2019).
Q.386. Padma Shri Guru Mayadhar
Raut’s pioneering spirit revived which of
the following dances in the 1950s and
rede?ned the grammar and Abhinaya
vocabulary of the dance form?
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Odissi
(c) Manipuri (d) Kuchipudi
Sol.386.(b) Odissi . Guru Mayadhar Raut:
Awards- Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore
Ratna (2011), Sahitya Kala Parishad
Award (1984).
Q.387. Who among the following
Hindustani classical vocalists was
awarded the Padma Bhushan by the
Government of India and the title of
‘Rajya Gayika’ by the Government of
Maharashtra in 1969?
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Gangubai Hangel (b) Sundari Dasi
(c) Kesarbai Kerkar (d) Nagarathnamma
Sol.387.(c) Kesarbai Kerkar was an
Indian classical vocalist of the
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was awarded
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
1953, followed by Padma Bhushan, in
1969. The Maharashtra Government
awarded her the title Maharashtra Rajya
Gayika. Gangubai Hangal (Khyal, Kirana
Gharana, Karnataka). Nagarathnamma
(Carnatic Singer, Bangalore).
Q.388. Who among the following Indian
Carnatic musicians received the Padma
Vibhushan award in 1991 and
established the Academy of Performing
Arts and Research in Switzerland?
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(a) Kishan Maharaj
(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
(c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
(d) Chhannulal Mishra
Sol.388.(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian
Carnatic vocalist, he also played the
kanjira, mridangam, viola, and violin. He
was conferred with many prestigious
awards Padma Shri (1971), Padma
Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan (1991),
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres (2005), National Film Awards
(1976, 1987), and the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1975).
Q.389. Which artist’s musical album is
titled ‘Land of Gold’?
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(a) Mita Nag
(b) Anupama Bhagwat
(c) Anoushka Shankar
(d) Rajna Swaminathan
Sol.389.(c) Anoushka Shankar ( British-
Indian American Sitar player ) won a
Grammy nomination for her album, “Land
of Gold”. Her other notable albums are
RISE, Traveller, Traces of You, Home, and
Love Letters. Anupama Bhagwat (Sitarist;
‘Con?uence’, ‘Ether’, ‘Epiphany’, ‘Colours
of Sunset’, ‘Sanjh’), Rajna Swaminathan
(acclaimed mridangam artist), and Mita
Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana).
Q.390. Famous classical dancer
Vidyagauri Adkar is recognised with
____________ Gharana of Indian classical
dance form.
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(a) Alwar (b) Gwalior
(c) Banaras (d) Jaipur
Sol.390.(d) Jaipur Gharana. Vidyagauri
Adkar (Mumbai) is a Kathak dance
exponent in India . Other Kathak dancers
of Jaipur Gharana are Sunder Prasad
(Sundar Chunnilal Prasad), Puru
Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt.
Q.391. Guru Shyama Charan Pati, was
conferred the Padma Shri for his
contributions to mainly which of the
following dance forms?
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(a) Kathi nacha (b) Santali dance
(c) Chhau nritya (d) Jhumair
Sol.391.(c) Chhau nritya, a martial dance
form of India. He was awarded the
Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions
to Indian dance.
Q.392. Pandit Sunder Prasad who was
awarded with the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______
dancer.
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(a) Kathakali (b) Odissi
(c) Kathak (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.392.(c) Kathak. Pandit Sunder
Prasad was a guru (teacher) of Jaipur
Gharana. He was honoured by Natak
Academy of Delhi in 1958.
Q.393. Who among the following won
the ?rst National Film Award for Best
Choreography in 1992?
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(a) Saroj Khan
(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
(c) Vaibhavi Merchant
(d) Shiamak Davar
Sol.393.(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar . Raju
Sundaram won 67th National Award in
choreography for Movie Maharshi.
Q.394. Sartaj Khan, Sarwar Khan,
Swaroop Khan and Mame Khan are
famous for which of the following?
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(a) Rajasthani folk music
(b) Hindustani classical vocal
(c) Playing percussion instruments
(d) Playing string instruments
Sol.394.(a) Rajasthani folk music . The
most famous Rajasthani Maand singer is
Allah Jilai Bai (Bikaner Gharana). Other
Rajasthani folk singers are Ila Arun,
Rapperiya Baalam, and Rajnigandha
Shekhawat.
Q.395. Which of the following Hindustani
musical Gharanas is the oldest among all
the Khayal Gayaki styles?
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(a) Agra Gharana (b) Kirana Gharana
(c) Atrauli Gharana (d) Gwalior Gharana
Sol.395.(d) Gwalior vocal Gharana is
widely regarded as the oldest Gharana
founded by Nathan Pir Bakhsh and Utsad
Nathu khan. Famous artists include Dr.
Meeta Pandit, Ustad Bade Inayat Hussain
Khan, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit,
Narayanrao Bodas, etc. Founders of Agra
Gharana (Hajisujan Khan), Kirana (Abdul
Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan).
Q.396. The important singers of
___________Gharana are Faiyyaz Khan,
Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini.
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(a) Patiala (b) Mewati
(c) Agra (d) Benaras
Sol.396.(c) Agra Gharana is a tradition of
Hindustani classical vocal music
descended from the Nauhar Bani ( during
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Q.357 .________ along with his wife,
herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan
in 1993.
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(a) Pankaj Charan Das
(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra
(c) Raghunath Dutta
(d) Deba Prasad Das
Sol.357.(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra . He is
an exponent of Odissi Dance. he
choreographed a number of dance -
dramas in Odissi style, including
"Panchapuspa", "Krushna Gatha", "Geeta
Govinda", "Urbashi", "Krushna Leela",
"Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra".
Q.358. The Nooran Sisters are renowned
for which of the following genres of
Indian Music?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Qawwali (b) Su?
(c) Ghazals (d) HindustaniClassical
Sol.358.(b) Su?. The Nooran Sisters
(Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran) are a
Su? singing duo from Jalandhar, India.
They perform Sham Chaurasia gharana
classical music.
Q.359. Which of the following Hindustani
vocalists from Allahabad, along with her
famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had
the privilege of performing for Emperor
George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ?
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(a) Shobha Abhyankar (b) Annupamaa
(c) Allah Jilai Bai (d) Janki Bai
Sol.359.(d) Janki Bai. She was popularly
known as “Chhappan chhuri” or the
'woman with 56 stab wounds'. Shobha
Abhyankar (Pune) - Mewati Gharana.
Annupamaa (Chennai)- Carnatic Music,
Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music.
Q.360. Padma Shri awardee Gopal
Prasad Dubey was awarded for his
contribution to which of the following
dances?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Panthi
(c) Chhau (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.360.(c) Chhau. Awards: Padma Shri
(2012), Suvarna Shankhu (2010), Natya
Shri title from Nataraj Music Academy
(2010).
Q.361. Who is the ?rst Indian musician to
win the Oscar award for Best Original
Score?
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(a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty
(c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman
Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman . Resul Pookutty
won an oscar award for best sound
mixing. Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for
costume design for her work on
“Gandhi”. Mehboob Khan was the
Director of the movie Mother India which
was nominated in the best foreign ?lm
category.
Q.362. Shamshad Begum, one of the ?rst
women to sing playback for Hindi
movies, was conferred with the
prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her
contribution to Hindi ?lm Music in the
year _____.
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(a) 2001 (b) 2009 (c) 2012 (d) 2005
Sol.362.(b) 2009. Awarrds: Padma
Bhushan (2009).
Q.363. Meenakshi Srinivasan received
the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2011 for which of the following dance
forms?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.363.(d) Bharatanatyam . In 2018
(Last Awarded) - Durgesh Gangani
(Kathak), Dr Manju Elangbam (Manipuri),
Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) .
Q.364. Which of the following dancers of
Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical
dance was given the Devadasi National
Award in 2013?
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening)
(a) Smitha Rajan (b) Jayaprabha Menon
(c) Sunanda Nair (d) Gopika Verma
Sol.364.(b) Jayaprabha Menon . Prerana
Deshpande, a kathak dancer, has been
awarded the Devadasi National Award
for her contribution to Kathak dance in
2016.
Q.365. Tulsidas Borkar, who was
awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016,
was a _________ player.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) nadhaswaram (b) shehnai
(c) bansuri (d) Harmonium
Sol.365.(d) Harmonium player. Famous
harmonium players are RK Bijapure,
Sudhir Nayak, Vidyadhar Oke, Aditya Oke,
Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc.
Q.366. Who among the following Sadir
dancers received the Padma Shri 2022?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Tsering Namgyal
(b) Sulochna Chavan
(c) R Muthu Kannammal
(d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan
Sol.366.(c) R Muthu Kannammal .
Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
ancient dance of Sadir Attam. Sulochana
Chavan is an Indian singer, known for her
lavanis in Marathi. R Muthu Kannammal
is a seventh generation veteran Sadir
dancer from the Indian State of Tamil
Nadu. She is the only surviving person
among the 32 Devadasis.
Q.367. Haleem Khan is associated with
which of the following classical dances ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.367.(c) Kuchipudi .
Q.368. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was
conferred the Padma Shri award for his
contribution to which form of dance in
India ?
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Panthi (b) Saila
(c) Chhau (d) Raut Nacha
Sol.368.(c) Chhau. Padma Shri (2011).
Q.369. Padma Shri awardee Guru Amubi
Singh was conferred the award for his
signi?cant contributions in which of the
following dance forms ?
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(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi
Sol.369.(b) Manipuri . Padma Shri
(1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1956).
Q.370. __________ was ?rst trained in
classical music under her father Ustad
‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established
the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.
SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Anupama Bhagwat
(b) Annapurna Devi
(c) Roopa Panesar
(d) Sahana Banerjee
Sol.370.(b) Annapurna Devi was an
Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of
Hindustani classical music. She was
given the name 'Annapurna' by former
Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former
Maihar state.
Q.371. Due to the service done by the
poet ___________, the Kathakali dance
form received a new impetus and today,
many innovations are also being made to
suit the needs of a changing society.
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(a) Purandara Dasa
(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(c) Satchidanandan
(d) Gopal Bhatta
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Sol.371.(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
was a poet in the Malayalam Language.
His famous poem is "Ente Gurunathan"
("My Great Teacher"). He was one of the
triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam,
along with Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S.
Parameswara Iyer.
Q.372. Padma Shri awardee Guru
Gangadhar Pradhan is an accomplished
dancer of which of the following dance
forms ?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali
(c) Odissi (d) Kathak
Sol.372.(c) Odissi . He was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998
and the Padma Shri (India's fourth
highest civilian award) in 2008.
Q.373. Who among the following
personalities was awarded the O?cer of
the Legion of Honour award?
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning)
(a) Asha Bhosle (b) Shamshad Begum
(c) S Janaki (d) Lata Mangeshkar
Sol.373.(d) Lata Mangeshkar ( 2009) .
The Legion of Honour is the highest
French Honour. Shri A.S Kiran kumar
conferred “Knight of the Legion of
Honour”. Azim Premji also was conferred
with the Legion of Honour award.
Q.374. Who among the following
versatile musicians of India won the Best
Music Director National Award for the
Hindi movie ‘Rudaali’ and was also
known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
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(a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin
(c) Joi Barua (d) Jayanta Hazarika
Sol.374.(a) Bhupen Hazarika . He
received Bharat Ratna Award in 2019. He
is from Assam.
Q.375. Ashish Sankrityayan is an
exponent of _________ music.
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(a) Odissi (b) Dhrupad
(c) Thumri (d) Kajari
Sol.375.(b) Dhrupad . In Hindustani
music, there are ten main singing styles:
Dhrupad, Tappa, Chaturang, Ragasagar,
Dhamar, Hori, Khayal, Tarana, Sargam,
and Thumri. Every composition in the
Carnatic style is made up of several
parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and
Ragamalika.
Q.376. The nineteenth century saw the
golden age of Kathak under the
patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last
Nawab of __________.
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(a) Hyderabad (b) Rampur
(c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
Sol.376.(c) Oudh. He patronised the
Lucknow Gharana of Kathak.
Q.377. Which Manipuri Classical Dancer
opened the ‘Govindji Narthanalaya’ dance
school for women in Imphal?
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(a) Chandrakanta Singh
(b) Bipin Singh
(c) Senarik Rajkumar
(d) Nileshwar Mukherjee
Sol.377.(b) Bipin Singh (Manipuri
Dancer) opened the ‘Govindji
Narthanalaya’ dance school for women
in Imphal.
Q.378. Who among the following is an
Indian Singer of Hindustani Classical
Music?
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(a) L Subramaniam
(b) Shubha Mudgal
(c) Kishan Maharaj
(d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Sol.378.(b) Shubha Mudgal . Award:
Padma Shri (2000). Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award (2016). L
Subramaniam - Violinist. Kishan Maharaj
- Tabla Player. Dwaram Venkataswamy
Naidu - Violinist.
Q.379. Shobana Chandrakumar, a
recipient of Padma Shri, is a dancer of
which of the following Indian classical
dance forms?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Odissi
Sol.379.(b) Bharatnatyam . Padma Shri
(2006). She won the Kalaimamani (Tamil
Nadu) award in 2011. She won the
Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013.
Q.380. Who among the following is
known as a descendant of Ishwari
Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher?
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(a) Sambhu Mahara (b) GopiKrishna
(c) Lacchu Maharaj (d) Birju Maharaj
Sol.380.(d) Pandit Birju Maharaj . He was
an exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka
-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak. He was a
descendant of the Maharaj family of
Kathak dancers, which includes his two
uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu
Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj.
Gopi Krishna was also a Kathak dancer
who received the title of “Nataraj" (King
of Dancers) at the All Bengal Music
Conference at the age of 15.
Q.381. The ?rst recipient of the National
Award for Best Music Direction was
_______ who was honoured for his
composition in the Tamil ?lm Kandan
Karunai.
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(a) KV Mahadevan (b) Vidyasagar
(c) Deva (d) Karthik Raja
Sol.381.(a) K. V. Mahadevan . He was
again awarded the same in 1979 for
Sankarabharanam (Telugu ?lm).
National Award for Best Music Direction
2019: D. Imman was awarded for
Viswasam (Tamil ?lm).
Q.382. In which of the following years
did Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi give
his ?rst ever live performance?
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(a) 1937 (b) 1945 (c) 1941 (d) 1950
Sol.382.(c) Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj
Joshi (Pandit), was one of the greatest
Indian vocalists from Karnataka and
belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition
of the Hindustani classical tradition. He
gave his ?rst live performance in 1941 at
the age of 19.
Q.383. Padma Shri awardee Chittani
Ramachandra Hegde is known for his
contribution to which of the following
dance forms in India?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Kuchipudi
(c) Yakshagana (d) Kathakali
Sol.383.(c) Yakshagana . He was the ?rst
Yakshagana artist to be awarded the
Padma Shri Award by the Government of
India in 2019. His style is so popular that
it is called Chittani Gharana. Other
Yakshagana artists include Balipa
Narayana Bhagavatha, Naranappa
Uppoor, Parameshwar Hegde, Kalinga
Nevada, Keremane Shivarama Hegde,
etc.
Q.384. Who among the following Khayal
singers of the 19th century was given the
title of ‘Tanras” by Bahadur Shah Jaffar,
the last Mughal Emperor of India?
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(a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan
(b) Meer Qutub Baksh
(c) Ustad Amir Khan
(d) Sadarang
Sol.384.(b) Meer Qutub Baksh. He was
also a member of the Qawwal Bachchon
Ka Delhi Gharana. His tomb in Hyderabad
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is near Khamas Shah Dargah. Ustad
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (vocalist, from
Patiala Gharana), Ustad Amir Khan
(founder of the Indore gharana) and
Sadarang (Khayal Gharana).
Q.385. Who among the following Indian
Playback Singers holds the Guinness
world record for singing the highest
number of songs in one day?
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(a) Alka Yagnik (b) Kumar Sanu
(c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan
Sol.385.(b) Kumar Sanu holds the
Guinness world record for singing the
highest number of 28 songs in one day
in 1993. Honours- Maharashtra Ratna
Awards (2014), Mahanayak Samman
Lifetime Achievement: as Bengali
Playback Singer (2014), Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Nobel Award (2017), Bishesh
Sangeet Mahasanman (2019).
Q.386. Padma Shri Guru Mayadhar
Raut’s pioneering spirit revived which of
the following dances in the 1950s and
rede?ned the grammar and Abhinaya
vocabulary of the dance form?
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(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Odissi
(c) Manipuri (d) Kuchipudi
Sol.386.(b) Odissi . Guru Mayadhar Raut:
Awards- Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore
Ratna (2011), Sahitya Kala Parishad
Award (1984).
Q.387. Who among the following
Hindustani classical vocalists was
awarded the Padma Bhushan by the
Government of India and the title of
‘Rajya Gayika’ by the Government of
Maharashtra in 1969?
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(a) Gangubai Hangel (b) Sundari Dasi
(c) Kesarbai Kerkar (d) Nagarathnamma
Sol.387.(c) Kesarbai Kerkar was an
Indian classical vocalist of the
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was awarded
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
1953, followed by Padma Bhushan, in
1969. The Maharashtra Government
awarded her the title Maharashtra Rajya
Gayika. Gangubai Hangal (Khyal, Kirana
Gharana, Karnataka). Nagarathnamma
(Carnatic Singer, Bangalore).
Q.388. Who among the following Indian
Carnatic musicians received the Padma
Vibhushan award in 1991 and
established the Academy of Performing
Arts and Research in Switzerland?
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(a) Kishan Maharaj
(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
(c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
(d) Chhannulal Mishra
Sol.388.(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian
Carnatic vocalist, he also played the
kanjira, mridangam, viola, and violin. He
was conferred with many prestigious
awards Padma Shri (1971), Padma
Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan (1991),
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres (2005), National Film Awards
(1976, 1987), and the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1975).
Q.389. Which artist’s musical album is
titled ‘Land of Gold’?
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(a) Mita Nag
(b) Anupama Bhagwat
(c) Anoushka Shankar
(d) Rajna Swaminathan
Sol.389.(c) Anoushka Shankar ( British-
Indian American Sitar player ) won a
Grammy nomination for her album, “Land
of Gold”. Her other notable albums are
RISE, Traveller, Traces of You, Home, and
Love Letters. Anupama Bhagwat (Sitarist;
‘Con?uence’, ‘Ether’, ‘Epiphany’, ‘Colours
of Sunset’, ‘Sanjh’), Rajna Swaminathan
(acclaimed mridangam artist), and Mita
Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana).
Q.390. Famous classical dancer
Vidyagauri Adkar is recognised with
____________ Gharana of Indian classical
dance form.
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(a) Alwar (b) Gwalior
(c) Banaras (d) Jaipur
Sol.390.(d) Jaipur Gharana. Vidyagauri
Adkar (Mumbai) is a Kathak dance
exponent in India . Other Kathak dancers
of Jaipur Gharana are Sunder Prasad
(Sundar Chunnilal Prasad), Puru
Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt.
Q.391. Guru Shyama Charan Pati, was
conferred the Padma Shri for his
contributions to mainly which of the
following dance forms?
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(a) Kathi nacha (b) Santali dance
(c) Chhau nritya (d) Jhumair
Sol.391.(c) Chhau nritya, a martial dance
form of India. He was awarded the
Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions
to Indian dance.
Q.392. Pandit Sunder Prasad who was
awarded with the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______
dancer.
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(a) Kathakali (b) Odissi
(c) Kathak (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.392.(c) Kathak. Pandit Sunder
Prasad was a guru (teacher) of Jaipur
Gharana. He was honoured by Natak
Academy of Delhi in 1958.
Q.393. Who among the following won
the ?rst National Film Award for Best
Choreography in 1992?
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(a) Saroj Khan
(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
(c) Vaibhavi Merchant
(d) Shiamak Davar
Sol.393.(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar . Raju
Sundaram won 67th National Award in
choreography for Movie Maharshi.
Q.394. Sartaj Khan, Sarwar Khan,
Swaroop Khan and Mame Khan are
famous for which of the following?
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(a) Rajasthani folk music
(b) Hindustani classical vocal
(c) Playing percussion instruments
(d) Playing string instruments
Sol.394.(a) Rajasthani folk music . The
most famous Rajasthani Maand singer is
Allah Jilai Bai (Bikaner Gharana). Other
Rajasthani folk singers are Ila Arun,
Rapperiya Baalam, and Rajnigandha
Shekhawat.
Q.395. Which of the following Hindustani
musical Gharanas is the oldest among all
the Khayal Gayaki styles?
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(a) Agra Gharana (b) Kirana Gharana
(c) Atrauli Gharana (d) Gwalior Gharana
Sol.395.(d) Gwalior vocal Gharana is
widely regarded as the oldest Gharana
founded by Nathan Pir Bakhsh and Utsad
Nathu khan. Famous artists include Dr.
Meeta Pandit, Ustad Bade Inayat Hussain
Khan, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit,
Narayanrao Bodas, etc. Founders of Agra
Gharana (Hajisujan Khan), Kirana (Abdul
Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan).
Q.396. The important singers of
___________Gharana are Faiyyaz Khan,
Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini.
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(a) Patiala (b) Mewati
(c) Agra (d) Benaras
Sol.396.(c) Agra Gharana is a tradition of
Hindustani classical vocal music
descended from the Nauhar Bani ( during
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the reign of Emperor Alauddin Khilji of
Delhi). Some prominent exponents are
Faiyaz Khan “Prempiya", Vilayat Hussain
Khan "Pran Piya", Khadim Hussain Khan
"Sajan Piya", Sharafat Hussain Khan
"Prem Rang", Shrikrishna Narayan
Ratanjankar "Sujan", Babanrao Haldankar
"Raspiya'', Zohrabai, etc.
Q.397. Who among the following is
known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music?
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(a) Gangubai Hangal
(b) GN Balasubramaniam
(c) Kaushiki Chakraborty
(d) Girija Devi
Sol.397.(b) GN Balasubramaniam -
Carnatic Vocalist. Five famous Carnatic
Singers - Aruna Sairam, M.
Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Subbulakshmi,
Nithyasree Mahadevan, Semmangudi
Srinivasa Iyer etc.
Q.398. In India, the tradition of singing
ghazal was established by _________.
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(a) Hazrat Ali
(b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau
(c) Hazrat Nizamuddin
(d) Hazrat Shahenshahwali
Sol.398.(b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau. He is
called the father of qawwali. He is known
as the Parrot of India. Famous Books
written by him are Tughlaqnama,
Nuh-sipihr and Khaizan-ul-futuh. He was
the court poet of Alauddin Khalji.
Q.399. 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?
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(a) Ankahee (b) Tansen
(c) Sandhya Raga (d) Basant Bahar
Sol.399.(a) Ankahee . Bhimsen Joshi is
an Indian Vocalist. He is known for the
khayal form of singing. Awards and
Honours: 1976 - Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award. 1985 - National Film Award for
Best Male Playback Singer. 1986 - "First
platinum disc". 2000 - "Aditya Vikram
Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar". 2002 -
Maharashtra Bhushan. 2003 - "Swathi
Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government
of Kerala. 2005 - Karnataka Ratna. 2009
- Bharat Ratna.
Q.400. Ricky Kej a globally acclaimed
musician from India won the 57th
Grammy Award for which of the
following contributions?
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(a) Divine Tides
(b) Winds of Samsara
(c) Mountain Dreams
(d) Mystic Mountains
Sol.400.(b) Indian musician Ricky Kej
won his ?rst Grammy (57th) in 2015 for
“Winds of Samsara” and his second in
2022 (64th) for “Divine Tides”. His other
important notable work is “Shanti
Samsara” - World Music for
Environmental Consciousness. Mountain
Dreams (Ellie Green) and Mystic
Mountain (Dunstan Massey).
Q.401. Manjamma Jogati became India’s
?rst transgender folk dancer to receive a
Padma Shri honour for her contribution
to art in the year ____.
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(a) 2012 (b) 2021 (c) 2009 (d) 2018
Sol.401.(b) 2021 . She was awarded
Padma Shri for her contribution to the
?eld of folk arts. First transgender
Padma Shri Awardee (Narthaki Nataraj;
Bharatnatyam dancer; 2019)
Q.402. Who among the following wrote
two books on the history and dance
structure of Mohiniyattam?
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(a) Kalamandalam Radhika
(b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
(c) Kalamandalam Hymavathi
(d) Thankamani
Sol.402.(b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty
Amma . She got several titles and awards
which are "Kavayithri' title given by
Vallathol (1940), Sangeet Natak Akademi
fellowship (1974), Kerala Sangeet Natak
Akademi fellowship (1974), 'Keerthi
Shanku' title given by Kerala
Kalamandalam (1980), 'Nrittapraveena'
title by Kerala Fine Arts Society (1984),
Kerala Sahitya Academy award (1985).
Q.403. Malka Jaan of Agra Gharana was
the court musician at the durbar of which
of the following Nawabs of Calcutta?
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(a) Shuza-ud-Daula
(b) Wajid Ali Shah
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula
(d) Mohammad Ali Shah
Sol.403.(b) Wajid Ali Shah. Malka Jaan
of Agra was one of Gauhar Jaan's
contemporaries. Shuja-ud-Daulah was
the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh. Asaf
-ud-Daula was the Nawab wazir of Oudh
rati?ed by Shah Alam II.
Q.404. Who among the following Indian
singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’ ?
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(a) Pandit Kumar Gandharva
(b) Balasaheb Poonchwale
(c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas
(d) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Sol.404.(c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas .
He was known for singing khyal style. He
won awards Tansen Samman by
Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1999,
Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Puraskar
in 1999, Marathwada Gaurav Puraskar in
1998, Ustad Ha?z Ali Khan Award in
1994, Padma Bhushan in 1992,
Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar in 1990,
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987.
Q.405. Who among the following
invented and perfected India’s classical
dance form Sattras ?
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(a) Srimanta Sankardev
(b) K Uma Rama Rao
(c) Uday Shankar
(d) Guru Gopinath
Sol.405.(a) Srimanta Sankardev . He is
famous for building on past cultural
relics and devising new forms of music
(Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia
Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary
language (Brajavali).
Q.406. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
Pavithran was conferred the Padma Shri
award for her contribution to which of the
following dance forms?
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(a) Kuchipudi (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.406.(d) Mohinyattam. Awards of
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran:
Padma Shri (2011), Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1998), Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
(1975) (for Bharatanatyam) and the
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
Fellowship (2015).
Q.407. C V Chandra Shekhar was
conferred the Padma Bhushan for his
contributions to which of the following
forms of Dance?
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(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kathakali
(c) Manipuri (d) Kathak
Sol.407.(a) Bharatnatyam . In 2011, C V
Chandrashekhar was honoured with the
Padma Bhushan by the Government of
India. He was awarded the Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award for Bharatnatyam
in 1993. He also received the Kalidas
Samman in 2008.
Q.408. Who among the following Indian
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Q.357 .________ along with his wife,
herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan
in 1993.
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(a) Pankaj Charan Das
(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra
(c) Raghunath Dutta
(d) Deba Prasad Das
Sol.357.(b) Kelucharan Mohapatra . He is
an exponent of Odissi Dance. he
choreographed a number of dance -
dramas in Odissi style, including
"Panchapuspa", "Krushna Gatha", "Geeta
Govinda", "Urbashi", "Krushna Leela",
"Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra".
Q.358. The Nooran Sisters are renowned
for which of the following genres of
Indian Music?
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(a) Qawwali (b) Su?
(c) Ghazals (d) HindustaniClassical
Sol.358.(b) Su?. The Nooran Sisters
(Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran) are a
Su? singing duo from Jalandhar, India.
They perform Sham Chaurasia gharana
classical music.
Q.359. Which of the following Hindustani
vocalists from Allahabad, along with her
famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had
the privilege of performing for Emperor
George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ?
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(a) Shobha Abhyankar (b) Annupamaa
(c) Allah Jilai Bai (d) Janki Bai
Sol.359.(d) Janki Bai. She was popularly
known as “Chhappan chhuri” or the
'woman with 56 stab wounds'. Shobha
Abhyankar (Pune) - Mewati Gharana.
Annupamaa (Chennai)- Carnatic Music,
Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music.
Q.360. Padma Shri awardee Gopal
Prasad Dubey was awarded for his
contribution to which of the following
dances?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Panthi
(c) Chhau (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.360.(c) Chhau. Awards: Padma Shri
(2012), Suvarna Shankhu (2010), Natya
Shri title from Nataraj Music Academy
(2010).
Q.361. Who is the ?rst Indian musician to
win the Oscar award for Best Original
Score?
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(a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty
(c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman
Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman . Resul Pookutty
won an oscar award for best sound
mixing. Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for
costume design for her work on
“Gandhi”. Mehboob Khan was the
Director of the movie Mother India which
was nominated in the best foreign ?lm
category.
Q.362. Shamshad Begum, one of the ?rst
women to sing playback for Hindi
movies, was conferred with the
prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her
contribution to Hindi ?lm Music in the
year _____.
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(a) 2001 (b) 2009 (c) 2012 (d) 2005
Sol.362.(b) 2009. Awarrds: Padma
Bhushan (2009).
Q.363. Meenakshi Srinivasan received
the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2011 for which of the following dance
forms?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.363.(d) Bharatanatyam . In 2018
(Last Awarded) - Durgesh Gangani
(Kathak), Dr Manju Elangbam (Manipuri),
Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) .
Q.364. Which of the following dancers of
Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical
dance was given the Devadasi National
Award in 2013?
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(a) Smitha Rajan (b) Jayaprabha Menon
(c) Sunanda Nair (d) Gopika Verma
Sol.364.(b) Jayaprabha Menon . Prerana
Deshpande, a kathak dancer, has been
awarded the Devadasi National Award
for her contribution to Kathak dance in
2016.
Q.365. Tulsidas Borkar, who was
awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016,
was a _________ player.
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(a) nadhaswaram (b) shehnai
(c) bansuri (d) Harmonium
Sol.365.(d) Harmonium player. Famous
harmonium players are RK Bijapure,
Sudhir Nayak, Vidyadhar Oke, Aditya Oke,
Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc.
Q.366. Who among the following Sadir
dancers received the Padma Shri 2022?
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(a) Tsering Namgyal
(b) Sulochna Chavan
(c) R Muthu Kannammal
(d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan
Sol.366.(c) R Muthu Kannammal .
Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
ancient dance of Sadir Attam. Sulochana
Chavan is an Indian singer, known for her
lavanis in Marathi. R Muthu Kannammal
is a seventh generation veteran Sadir
dancer from the Indian State of Tamil
Nadu. She is the only surviving person
among the 32 Devadasis.
Q.367. Haleem Khan is associated with
which of the following classical dances ?
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(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
Sol.367.(c) Kuchipudi .
Q.368. Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha, was
conferred the Padma Shri award for his
contribution to which form of dance in
India ?
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(a) Panthi (b) Saila
(c) Chhau (d) Raut Nacha
Sol.368.(c) Chhau. Padma Shri (2011).
Q.369. Padma Shri awardee Guru Amubi
Singh was conferred the award for his
signi?cant contributions in which of the
following dance forms ?
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(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi
Sol.369.(b) Manipuri . Padma Shri
(1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1956).
Q.370. __________ was ?rst trained in
classical music under her father Ustad
‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established
the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.
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(a) Anupama Bhagwat
(b) Annapurna Devi
(c) Roopa Panesar
(d) Sahana Banerjee
Sol.370.(b) Annapurna Devi was an
Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of
Hindustani classical music. She was
given the name 'Annapurna' by former
Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former
Maihar state.
Q.371. Due to the service done by the
poet ___________, the Kathakali dance
form received a new impetus and today,
many innovations are also being made to
suit the needs of a changing society.
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(a) Purandara Dasa
(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(c) Satchidanandan
(d) Gopal Bhatta
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Sol.371.(b) Vallathol Narayana Menon
was a poet in the Malayalam Language.
His famous poem is "Ente Gurunathan"
("My Great Teacher"). He was one of the
triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam,
along with Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S.
Parameswara Iyer.
Q.372. Padma Shri awardee Guru
Gangadhar Pradhan is an accomplished
dancer of which of the following dance
forms ?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali
(c) Odissi (d) Kathak
Sol.372.(c) Odissi . He was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998
and the Padma Shri (India's fourth
highest civilian award) in 2008.
Q.373. Who among the following
personalities was awarded the O?cer of
the Legion of Honour award?
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(a) Asha Bhosle (b) Shamshad Begum
(c) S Janaki (d) Lata Mangeshkar
Sol.373.(d) Lata Mangeshkar ( 2009) .
The Legion of Honour is the highest
French Honour. Shri A.S Kiran kumar
conferred “Knight of the Legion of
Honour”. Azim Premji also was conferred
with the Legion of Honour award.
Q.374. Who among the following
versatile musicians of India won the Best
Music Director National Award for the
Hindi movie ‘Rudaali’ and was also
known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
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(a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin
(c) Joi Barua (d) Jayanta Hazarika
Sol.374.(a) Bhupen Hazarika . He
received Bharat Ratna Award in 2019. He
is from Assam.
Q.375. Ashish Sankrityayan is an
exponent of _________ music.
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(a) Odissi (b) Dhrupad
(c) Thumri (d) Kajari
Sol.375.(b) Dhrupad . In Hindustani
music, there are ten main singing styles:
Dhrupad, Tappa, Chaturang, Ragasagar,
Dhamar, Hori, Khayal, Tarana, Sargam,
and Thumri. Every composition in the
Carnatic style is made up of several
parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and
Ragamalika.
Q.376. The nineteenth century saw the
golden age of Kathak under the
patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last
Nawab of __________.
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(a) Hyderabad (b) Rampur
(c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
Sol.376.(c) Oudh. He patronised the
Lucknow Gharana of Kathak.
Q.377. Which Manipuri Classical Dancer
opened the ‘Govindji Narthanalaya’ dance
school for women in Imphal?
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(a) Chandrakanta Singh
(b) Bipin Singh
(c) Senarik Rajkumar
(d) Nileshwar Mukherjee
Sol.377.(b) Bipin Singh (Manipuri
Dancer) opened the ‘Govindji
Narthanalaya’ dance school for women
in Imphal.
Q.378. Who among the following is an
Indian Singer of Hindustani Classical
Music?
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(a) L Subramaniam
(b) Shubha Mudgal
(c) Kishan Maharaj
(d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Sol.378.(b) Shubha Mudgal . Award:
Padma Shri (2000). Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award (2016). L
Subramaniam - Violinist. Kishan Maharaj
- Tabla Player. Dwaram Venkataswamy
Naidu - Violinist.
Q.379. Shobana Chandrakumar, a
recipient of Padma Shri, is a dancer of
which of the following Indian classical
dance forms?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Odissi
Sol.379.(b) Bharatnatyam . Padma Shri
(2006). She won the Kalaimamani (Tamil
Nadu) award in 2011. She won the
Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013.
Q.380. Who among the following is
known as a descendant of Ishwari
Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher?
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(a) Sambhu Mahara (b) GopiKrishna
(c) Lacchu Maharaj (d) Birju Maharaj
Sol.380.(d) Pandit Birju Maharaj . He was
an exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka
-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak. He was a
descendant of the Maharaj family of
Kathak dancers, which includes his two
uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu
Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj.
Gopi Krishna was also a Kathak dancer
who received the title of “Nataraj" (King
of Dancers) at the All Bengal Music
Conference at the age of 15.
Q.381. The ?rst recipient of the National
Award for Best Music Direction was
_______ who was honoured for his
composition in the Tamil ?lm Kandan
Karunai.
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(a) KV Mahadevan (b) Vidyasagar
(c) Deva (d) Karthik Raja
Sol.381.(a) K. V. Mahadevan . He was
again awarded the same in 1979 for
Sankarabharanam (Telugu ?lm).
National Award for Best Music Direction
2019: D. Imman was awarded for
Viswasam (Tamil ?lm).
Q.382. In which of the following years
did Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi give
his ?rst ever live performance?
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(a) 1937 (b) 1945 (c) 1941 (d) 1950
Sol.382.(c) Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj
Joshi (Pandit), was one of the greatest
Indian vocalists from Karnataka and
belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition
of the Hindustani classical tradition. He
gave his ?rst live performance in 1941 at
the age of 19.
Q.383. Padma Shri awardee Chittani
Ramachandra Hegde is known for his
contribution to which of the following
dance forms in India?
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(a) Sattriya (b) Kuchipudi
(c) Yakshagana (d) Kathakali
Sol.383.(c) Yakshagana . He was the ?rst
Yakshagana artist to be awarded the
Padma Shri Award by the Government of
India in 2019. His style is so popular that
it is called Chittani Gharana. Other
Yakshagana artists include Balipa
Narayana Bhagavatha, Naranappa
Uppoor, Parameshwar Hegde, Kalinga
Nevada, Keremane Shivarama Hegde,
etc.
Q.384. Who among the following Khayal
singers of the 19th century was given the
title of ‘Tanras” by Bahadur Shah Jaffar,
the last Mughal Emperor of India?
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(a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan
(b) Meer Qutub Baksh
(c) Ustad Amir Khan
(d) Sadarang
Sol.384.(b) Meer Qutub Baksh. He was
also a member of the Qawwal Bachchon
Ka Delhi Gharana. His tomb in Hyderabad
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is near Khamas Shah Dargah. Ustad
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (vocalist, from
Patiala Gharana), Ustad Amir Khan
(founder of the Indore gharana) and
Sadarang (Khayal Gharana).
Q.385. Who among the following Indian
Playback Singers holds the Guinness
world record for singing the highest
number of songs in one day?
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(a) Alka Yagnik (b) Kumar Sanu
(c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan
Sol.385.(b) Kumar Sanu holds the
Guinness world record for singing the
highest number of 28 songs in one day
in 1993. Honours- Maharashtra Ratna
Awards (2014), Mahanayak Samman
Lifetime Achievement: as Bengali
Playback Singer (2014), Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Nobel Award (2017), Bishesh
Sangeet Mahasanman (2019).
Q.386. Padma Shri Guru Mayadhar
Raut’s pioneering spirit revived which of
the following dances in the 1950s and
rede?ned the grammar and Abhinaya
vocabulary of the dance form?
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(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Odissi
(c) Manipuri (d) Kuchipudi
Sol.386.(b) Odissi . Guru Mayadhar Raut:
Awards- Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore
Ratna (2011), Sahitya Kala Parishad
Award (1984).
Q.387. Who among the following
Hindustani classical vocalists was
awarded the Padma Bhushan by the
Government of India and the title of
‘Rajya Gayika’ by the Government of
Maharashtra in 1969?
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(a) Gangubai Hangel (b) Sundari Dasi
(c) Kesarbai Kerkar (d) Nagarathnamma
Sol.387.(c) Kesarbai Kerkar was an
Indian classical vocalist of the
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was awarded
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
1953, followed by Padma Bhushan, in
1969. The Maharashtra Government
awarded her the title Maharashtra Rajya
Gayika. Gangubai Hangal (Khyal, Kirana
Gharana, Karnataka). Nagarathnamma
(Carnatic Singer, Bangalore).
Q.388. Who among the following Indian
Carnatic musicians received the Padma
Vibhushan award in 1991 and
established the Academy of Performing
Arts and Research in Switzerland?
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(a) Kishan Maharaj
(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
(c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
(d) Chhannulal Mishra
Sol.388.(b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian
Carnatic vocalist, he also played the
kanjira, mridangam, viola, and violin. He
was conferred with many prestigious
awards Padma Shri (1971), Padma
Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan (1991),
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres (2005), National Film Awards
(1976, 1987), and the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1975).
Q.389. Which artist’s musical album is
titled ‘Land of Gold’?
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(a) Mita Nag
(b) Anupama Bhagwat
(c) Anoushka Shankar
(d) Rajna Swaminathan
Sol.389.(c) Anoushka Shankar ( British-
Indian American Sitar player ) won a
Grammy nomination for her album, “Land
of Gold”. Her other notable albums are
RISE, Traveller, Traces of You, Home, and
Love Letters. Anupama Bhagwat (Sitarist;
‘Con?uence’, ‘Ether’, ‘Epiphany’, ‘Colours
of Sunset’, ‘Sanjh’), Rajna Swaminathan
(acclaimed mridangam artist), and Mita
Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana).
Q.390. Famous classical dancer
Vidyagauri Adkar is recognised with
____________ Gharana of Indian classical
dance form.
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(a) Alwar (b) Gwalior
(c) Banaras (d) Jaipur
Sol.390.(d) Jaipur Gharana. Vidyagauri
Adkar (Mumbai) is a Kathak dance
exponent in India . Other Kathak dancers
of Jaipur Gharana are Sunder Prasad
(Sundar Chunnilal Prasad), Puru
Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt.
Q.391. Guru Shyama Charan Pati, was
conferred the Padma Shri for his
contributions to mainly which of the
following dance forms?
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(a) Kathi nacha (b) Santali dance
(c) Chhau nritya (d) Jhumair
Sol.391.(c) Chhau nritya, a martial dance
form of India. He was awarded the
Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions
to Indian dance.
Q.392. Pandit Sunder Prasad who was
awarded with the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______
dancer.
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(a) Kathakali (b) Odissi
(c) Kathak (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.392.(c) Kathak. Pandit Sunder
Prasad was a guru (teacher) of Jaipur
Gharana. He was honoured by Natak
Academy of Delhi in 1958.
Q.393. Who among the following won
the ?rst National Film Award for Best
Choreography in 1992?
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(a) Saroj Khan
(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
(c) Vaibhavi Merchant
(d) Shiamak Davar
Sol.393.(b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar . Raju
Sundaram won 67th National Award in
choreography for Movie Maharshi.
Q.394. Sartaj Khan, Sarwar Khan,
Swaroop Khan and Mame Khan are
famous for which of the following?
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(a) Rajasthani folk music
(b) Hindustani classical vocal
(c) Playing percussion instruments
(d) Playing string instruments
Sol.394.(a) Rajasthani folk music . The
most famous Rajasthani Maand singer is
Allah Jilai Bai (Bikaner Gharana). Other
Rajasthani folk singers are Ila Arun,
Rapperiya Baalam, and Rajnigandha
Shekhawat.
Q.395. Which of the following Hindustani
musical Gharanas is the oldest among all
the Khayal Gayaki styles?
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(a) Agra Gharana (b) Kirana Gharana
(c) Atrauli Gharana (d) Gwalior Gharana
Sol.395.(d) Gwalior vocal Gharana is
widely regarded as the oldest Gharana
founded by Nathan Pir Bakhsh and Utsad
Nathu khan. Famous artists include Dr.
Meeta Pandit, Ustad Bade Inayat Hussain
Khan, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit,
Narayanrao Bodas, etc. Founders of Agra
Gharana (Hajisujan Khan), Kirana (Abdul
Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan).
Q.396. The important singers of
___________Gharana are Faiyyaz Khan,
Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini.
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(a) Patiala (b) Mewati
(c) Agra (d) Benaras
Sol.396.(c) Agra Gharana is a tradition of
Hindustani classical vocal music
descended from the Nauhar Bani ( during
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the reign of Emperor Alauddin Khilji of
Delhi). Some prominent exponents are
Faiyaz Khan “Prempiya", Vilayat Hussain
Khan "Pran Piya", Khadim Hussain Khan
"Sajan Piya", Sharafat Hussain Khan
"Prem Rang", Shrikrishna Narayan
Ratanjankar "Sujan", Babanrao Haldankar
"Raspiya'', Zohrabai, etc.
Q.397. Who among the following is
known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music?
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(a) Gangubai Hangal
(b) GN Balasubramaniam
(c) Kaushiki Chakraborty
(d) Girija Devi
Sol.397.(b) GN Balasubramaniam -
Carnatic Vocalist. Five famous Carnatic
Singers - Aruna Sairam, M.
Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Subbulakshmi,
Nithyasree Mahadevan, Semmangudi
Srinivasa Iyer etc.
Q.398. In India, the tradition of singing
ghazal was established by _________.
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(a) Hazrat Ali
(b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau
(c) Hazrat Nizamuddin
(d) Hazrat Shahenshahwali
Sol.398.(b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau. He is
called the father of qawwali. He is known
as the Parrot of India. Famous Books
written by him are Tughlaqnama,
Nuh-sipihr and Khaizan-ul-futuh. He was
the court poet of Alauddin Khalji.
Q.399. 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?
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(a) Ankahee (b) Tansen
(c) Sandhya Raga (d) Basant Bahar
Sol.399.(a) Ankahee . Bhimsen Joshi is
an Indian Vocalist. He is known for the
khayal form of singing. Awards and
Honours: 1976 - Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award. 1985 - National Film Award for
Best Male Playback Singer. 1986 - "First
platinum disc". 2000 - "Aditya Vikram
Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar". 2002 -
Maharashtra Bhushan. 2003 - "Swathi
Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government
of Kerala. 2005 - Karnataka Ratna. 2009
- Bharat Ratna.
Q.400. Ricky Kej a globally acclaimed
musician from India won the 57th
Grammy Award for which of the
following contributions?
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(a) Divine Tides
(b) Winds of Samsara
(c) Mountain Dreams
(d) Mystic Mountains
Sol.400.(b) Indian musician Ricky Kej
won his ?rst Grammy (57th) in 2015 for
“Winds of Samsara” and his second in
2022 (64th) for “Divine Tides”. His other
important notable work is “Shanti
Samsara” - World Music for
Environmental Consciousness. Mountain
Dreams (Ellie Green) and Mystic
Mountain (Dunstan Massey).
Q.401. Manjamma Jogati became India’s
?rst transgender folk dancer to receive a
Padma Shri honour for her contribution
to art in the year ____.
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(a) 2012 (b) 2021 (c) 2009 (d) 2018
Sol.401.(b) 2021 . She was awarded
Padma Shri for her contribution to the
?eld of folk arts. First transgender
Padma Shri Awardee (Narthaki Nataraj;
Bharatnatyam dancer; 2019)
Q.402. Who among the following wrote
two books on the history and dance
structure of Mohiniyattam?
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(a) Kalamandalam Radhika
(b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
(c) Kalamandalam Hymavathi
(d) Thankamani
Sol.402.(b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty
Amma . She got several titles and awards
which are "Kavayithri' title given by
Vallathol (1940), Sangeet Natak Akademi
fellowship (1974), Kerala Sangeet Natak
Akademi fellowship (1974), 'Keerthi
Shanku' title given by Kerala
Kalamandalam (1980), 'Nrittapraveena'
title by Kerala Fine Arts Society (1984),
Kerala Sahitya Academy award (1985).
Q.403. Malka Jaan of Agra Gharana was
the court musician at the durbar of which
of the following Nawabs of Calcutta?
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(a) Shuza-ud-Daula
(b) Wajid Ali Shah
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula
(d) Mohammad Ali Shah
Sol.403.(b) Wajid Ali Shah. Malka Jaan
of Agra was one of Gauhar Jaan's
contemporaries. Shuja-ud-Daulah was
the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh. Asaf
-ud-Daula was the Nawab wazir of Oudh
rati?ed by Shah Alam II.
Q.404. Who among the following Indian
singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’ ?
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(a) Pandit Kumar Gandharva
(b) Balasaheb Poonchwale
(c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas
(d) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Sol.404.(c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas .
He was known for singing khyal style. He
won awards Tansen Samman by
Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1999,
Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Puraskar
in 1999, Marathwada Gaurav Puraskar in
1998, Ustad Ha?z Ali Khan Award in
1994, Padma Bhushan in 1992,
Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar in 1990,
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987.
Q.405. Who among the following
invented and perfected India’s classical
dance form Sattras ?
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(a) Srimanta Sankardev
(b) K Uma Rama Rao
(c) Uday Shankar
(d) Guru Gopinath
Sol.405.(a) Srimanta Sankardev . He is
famous for building on past cultural
relics and devising new forms of music
(Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia
Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary
language (Brajavali).
Q.406. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
Pavithran was conferred the Padma Shri
award for her contribution to which of the
following dance forms?
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(a) Kuchipudi (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kathak (d) Mohiniyattam
Sol.406.(d) Mohinyattam. Awards of
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran:
Padma Shri (2011), Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1998), Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
(1975) (for Bharatanatyam) and the
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
Fellowship (2015).
Q.407. C V Chandra Shekhar was
conferred the Padma Bhushan for his
contributions to which of the following
forms of Dance?
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(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kathakali
(c) Manipuri (d) Kathak
Sol.407.(a) Bharatnatyam . In 2011, C V
Chandrashekhar was honoured with the
Padma Bhushan by the Government of
India. He was awarded the Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award for Bharatnatyam
in 1993. He also received the Kalidas
Samman in 2008.
Q.408. Who among the following Indian
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musicians introduced shehnai to the
concert stage and was selected to
perform for the ceremony at Delhi’s
historic Red Fort on the occasion of
India’s Independence Day on 15 August
1947 ?
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(a) Ali Bakhsh (b) Anant Lal
(c) Bismillah Khan (d) Ali Ahmad Hussain
Sol.408.(c) Ustad Bismillah Khan .
Q.409. Which of the following Indian
classical Bharatanatyam dancers
received the honours of Padma Shri in
1981 and Padma Bhushan in 2003 ?
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(a) Savitha Sastry
(b) Mallika Sarabhai
(c) Rukmini Devi
(d) Padma Subrahmanyam
Sol.409.(d) Padma Subrahmanyam
(Tamil nadu) was awarded the Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award (1983).
Q.410. Allah Jilai Bai, a singer from
Rajasthan is famous for which of the
following?
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(a) Ghazals (b) Folk songs
(c) Bhajans (d) Hindustani classical music
Sol.410.(b) Folk songs. Allah Jilai Bai
was well versed in Maand, Thumri,
Khayal and Dadra. Her best-known piece
is Kesaria Balam. She was awarded the
Padma Shri (1982) and Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (1988).
Q.411. Rama Vaidyanathan was awarded
with the honour of the Devadasi National
Award in 2013 for her contribution in
which of the following Indian dance
forms?
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(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Odissi
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatnatyam
Sol.411.(d) Bharatnatyam . She was
awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award (2017), the National Excellence
Award by the All India National Unity
Conference (1999), and the dance title of
"Bharatha Rathna '' (Sri Lanka; 1998).
Q.412. Who among the following got the
Sangeet Natak Akademi 2017 for her
contribution to Odissi dance?
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(a) Sujata Mohapatra
(b) Shobha Koser
(c) Rama Vaidyanathan
(d) L N Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi
Sol.412.(a) Sujata Mohapatra . She was
awarded the Central Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award (2017), Bhimeswar
Pratikha Samman (2004), Raaza
Puruskar (2008). Shobha Koser (Kathak
dancer), Rama Vaidyanathan
(Bharatnatyam), and L N Oinam Ongbi
Dhoni Devi (Manipuri).
Q.413. Padma Shri awardee Guru
Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair was a dancer
of which of the following classical
dances of India?
SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Odissi
(c) Kathak (d) Kathakali
Sol.413.(d) Kathakali. Keezhpadam
Kumaran Nair is a recipient of the
Padma Shri award (2004), the Central
Sangeet Natak Akademi award (1988),
the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
Fellowship, and the Kalamandalam
award.
Q.414. Who among the following was
honoured with the Padma Shri in 2011
for his/her excellence in Chhau, a
semi-classical dance form of Eastern
India?
SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Evening)
(a) Kedarnath Sahoo
(b) Gopal prasad Dubey
(c) Suddhenra Narayan Singhdeo
(d) MakarDhwaja Darogha
Sol.414.(d) MakarDhwaja Darogha
( Jharkhand) is known for his expertise in
the classical dance form of Chhau.
Q.415. Who among the following Indian
musicians founded Harmony and
Universality through Music (HUM) to
perform in different parts of the world
and draw people’s attention to
specially-abled children?
SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Evening)
(a) Kumar Bose
(b) Sandeep Das
(c) Swapan Chaudhuri
(d) Anindo Chatterjee
Sol.415.(b) Sandeep Das (Born: Patna;
Benaras Gharana) is an Indian Tabla
player and composer currently based in
Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
He won a Grammy Award for Best World
Music Album, in 2017, for the album Sing
Me Home.
Q.416. Guru MK Saroja has been
conferred with the Padma Shri for the
relentless pursuit of which of the
following dances?
SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Odissi (d) Kuchipudi
Sol.416.(a) Bharatanatyam. Guru MK
Saroja was awarded the Padma Shri
(2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore
Ratna (2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award (1995).
Q.417. Famous playback singer Kishore
Kumar was born in 1929 in _________.
SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Evening)
(a) Bhopal (b) Calcutta
(c) Delhi (d) Khandwa
Sol.417.(d) Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh).
He was awarded: Filmfare Award for
Best Male Playback Singer (8 times),
Bengal Film Journalists' Association –
Best Male Playback Award (4 times), and
Lata Mangeshkar Award. In 1997,
Madhya Pradesh Government initiated an
award called the "Kishore Kumar Award".
Q.418. Maguni Charan Das was awarded
Padma Shri for his contribution to which
of the following forms of dances?
SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Evening)
(a) Gotipua (b) Chhau
(c) Jhumair (d) Kharia
Sol.418.(a) Gotipua . Awards- Padma Shri
award (2004), Odisha Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award, and Tulsi Award.
Q.419. Who among the following is a
19th century exponent of the Kathak
dance?
SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Morning)
(a) Jatin Goswami
(b) Kalka Prasad
(c) Bhabhananda Barbayan
(d) Krishna Panicker
Sol.419.(b) Maharaj Kalka Prashad
belonged to the Lucknow Gharana. He
used to live in Banaras and promoted
Kathak-style dance and Thumri singing.
He plays Tabla and Pakhawaj. Jatin
Goswami (Sattriya), Bhabhananda
Barbayan (Sattriya), and Krishna Panicker
(Mohiniyattam).
Q.420. Which dancer was awarded in
1968 with a gold medal by the Mexican
Government for her choreography for the
Ballet Folklorico of Mexico?
SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Sonal Mansingh
(b) Shovana Narayan
(c) Mrinalini Sarabhai
(d) Rukmani Arundale
Sol.420.(c) Mrinalini Sarabhai (Kerala)
was an expert dancer in Bharatanatyam,
and Kathakali. Awards - Padma Shri
(1965) and Padma Bhushan (1992). Her
autobiography - ‘The voice of the Heart-
an autobiography’.
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