Indian Classical Music and Ravi Shankar
Chapter 17
1) Who has been learning Indian classical music for the last two years?
A) Riniki
B) Priya
C) Sima
Ans- A) Riniki.
2) Who is the son of Ustad Allah Rakha?
A) Ustad Bismillah Khan
B) Ustad Zakir Hussai
C) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Ans- B) Ustad Zakir Hussain.
3) Who is the Shahnai player?
A) Ustad Allah Rakha
B) Ustad Zakir Hussain
C) Ustad Bismillah Khan
Ans- C) Ustad Bismillah Khan.
4) Who is the Sitar player?
A) Ravi Shankar
B) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
C) Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Ans- A) Ravi Shankar.
5) What is the meaning of Veneration?
A) Named
B) Respect
C) One that founds
Ans- B) Respect.
6) Ravi Shankar autobiography name?
A) Music is his life
B) Godfather of world music
C) Raga Mala
Ans- C) Raga Mala.
7) What is the meaning of Christened?
A) Named
B) George
C) Respect
Ans- A) Named.
8) Who is the Santoor player?
A) Ustad Bismillah Khan
B) Ustad Allah Rakha
C) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Ans- C) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.
9) Ravi Shankar eldest brother name?
A) Uday Shankar
B) Hariprasad Shankar
C) None
Ans- A) Uday Shankar.
10) Who is the Flutist player?
A) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
B) N. Rajam
C) Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Ans- C) Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
11) What is his father name?
A) Shyam Shanker Choudhury
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Allah Rakha
Ans- A) Shyam Shanker Choudhury.
12) What is his mother name?
A) N. Ranjan
B) Hemangini
C) India Ghandhi
Ans- B) Hemangini.
13) Where was Ravi Shankar school ?
A) Delhi
B) Paris
C) Kerela
Ans- B) Paris.
14) Ravi Shankar was born in which cultural family ?
A) Assamese
B) Benares
C) Hindu
Ans- B) Benares.
15) Which year did Ravi Shankar get George Harrison?
A) In 2000
B) In 1965
C) In 1966
Ans- C) In 1966.
16) When did he received Padma Bhushan?
A) In 1999
B) In 1967
C) In 1966
Ans- B) In 1967.
17) When did he received Padma Vibhushan?
A) In 1999
B) In 1981
C) In 1988
Ans- B) In 1981.
18) When did he received Bharat Ratna?
A) In 1982
B) In 1999
C) In 1788
Ans- B) In 1999.
19) Where did he died?
A) California
B) Russia
C) Delhi
Ans- A) California.
20) Which age did he died?
A) 99
B) 72
C) 92
Ans- C) 92.
