Question 1 (0.15 points) The structure of Indian music includes ________________

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Question 1 (0.15 points)

The structure of Indian music includes _____________________.

Question 1 options:

polyrhythms

ornamentaions

microtones

All of the above

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Question 2 (0.15 points)

The _____________________________ is a drone instrument which is an essential part of every North or South Indian classical concert.

Question 2 options:

Tambura

Veena

Gottuvadyam

Ottu

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Question 3 (0.15 points)

Which of the following does NOT describe a Raga?

Question 3 options:

It is based on a scale of five, six or seven notes.

It is exactly the same as a Western major scale.

Its special features include melodic ornamentations and microtones.

It has its own definite characteristics which make it easy for a discerning listener to recognize.

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Question 4 (0.15 points)

Which of these is NOT a rhythm or percussion instrument?

Question 4 options:

Mridangam

Kanjira

Ghatam

Sruti Peti

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Question 5 (0.15 points)

The _____ is one of the most popular stringed instruments in North India.

Question 5 options:

Sitar

Sarod

Sarangi

Tabla

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Question 6 (0.15 points)

The _____________ is one of the oldest bowed instruments in the world.

Question 6 options:

Sitar

Sarod

Sarangi

Tabla

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Question 7 (0.15 points)

A brilliant sitarist, _______________ played a key role in introducing western audiences to Indian classical music, first through his relationship with the Beatles and later with memorable performances at the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock.

Question 7 options:

Ravi Shankar

Mir Ali Akhta

Geeta Dutt

Asha Bhosle

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Question 8 (0.15 points)

Anuoshka Shankar's half sister ____________ sang on the sitar-laden “The Sun Won’t Set,” marking their first collaboration in many years.

Question 8 options:

Sunidhi Chauhan

Norah Jones

Alka Yagnik

Shreya Ghosal

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Question 9 (0.15 points)

Beatles member ____________ was deeply inspired by Ravi Shankar and Indian music.

Question 9 options:

John Lennon

Ringo Starr

George Harrison

Paul McCartney

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Question 10 (0.15 points)

Asian music commentators wrote: "One cannot emphasize how absolutely unprecedented _______ is in the history of popular music. For the first time an Asian music was not parodied utilising familiar stereotypes and misconceptions, but rather transferred in toto into a new environment with sympathy and rare understanding."

Question 10 options:

Love You To

Norwegian Wood

Tomorrow Never Knows

Across the Universe

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Question 11 (0.15 points)

As orchestral traditions, Javanese and Balinese gamelan music share which of these similarities with the orchestral symphonic music of the West.

Question 11 options:

use large instrumentation

perform highly structured sophisticated compositions

use manilupation of dynamics for exrepssive purposes

All of the above

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Question 12 (0.15 points)

Why is gamelan music played in both Java and Bali?

Question 12 options:

for entertainment

for religious ceremonies

to accompany a theatrical presentation, either a dance performance or a shadow-puppet performance.

all of the above

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Question 13 (0.15 points)

In Indonesian traditional thinking, _________ is sacred and is believed to have supernatural power.

Question 13 options:

the gamelan

the tabla

incense

the aroma of flowers

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Question 14 (0.15 points)

The Spiritual Leader in Gamelan is the biggest gong, Gong Ageng. However, the real leader during the performance is the drummer.

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Question 15 (0.15 points)

There are some fifty-five different types of instruments used in a complete modern Javanese gamelan orchestra.

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Question 16 (0.15 points)

Originally, Indian music was passed on by oral tradition. The notation system was actually developed much later more as a memory-aid than something from which to learn or something from which to perform.

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Question 17 (0.15 points)

The system of Talas (rhythmic cycles) in the North is not as systematically and mathematically worked out as the Tala system in the South.

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Question 18 (0.15 points)

The South Indian violin is identical to the Western violin but differs in tuning and playing position.

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Question 19 (0.15 points)

Most of the classical songs of north India are devotional in nature, but there are a few genres which are especially oriented toward religion. Most notable is the bhajan, dhun or kirtan for Hindus, the kawali (qawali) for Muslims, and the shabad for Sikhs.

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Question 20 (0.15 points)

Ghazal is the music from the Indian film industry.

Question 20 options:

polyrhythms

ornamentaions

microtones

All of the above

Explanation / Answer

1. Indian music is considered to be a complex music structure in the world.

The structure of Indian music includes all of the options i.e polyrythms, ornamentions and microtones. Thus options D is the correct answer.

16. True, it is right that Indian Music system was mainly passed on orally and other developments were made lately generations by generations.

17. TRUE, North India has got widespread system of Music and thus the classical TAL is fading away in the Northern part of the country. System of Tal is more systematic in South India than in North India.

20. False, Ghazal is not the music from Indian film Industry, rather it is a type of classical music which was famous in old days when people used to sit and listen the Ghazals. Indian film industry has rather promoted Ghazals. Even today, a lot of Ghazal lovers can be found in India.

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