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- 1. Multiple Choice
The................was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’
Shehnai
Pungi
Sitar
Harmonium
- 2. Multiple Choice
........................transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
Bismillah Khan
Barber
Ali Bux
- 3. Multiple Choice
Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were...............
barbers
professional musicians
- 4. Multiple Choice
Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from..................
Ali Bux
Paigambar Bux
Ustad Faiyaaz Khan
- 5. Multiple Choice
Towards which of the following did Ustad Bismillah Khan showed positive feelings. Select all the options which are true.
getting the Bharat Ratna
the film world
migrating to the U.S.A.
playing at temples
- 6. Multiple Choice
The instrument Shehnai which got its entry in the classical music stage is a
A Long and broad pipe with some holes
A pipe with a natural hollow stem, longer and broader than the pungi with six holes
A pipe like the pungi with seven holes
A pipe with natural hollow stem ,longer and broader than pungi with seven holes
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Bismillah's father?
Paigambar Bux
Ali Bux
Rasool Bux
Zahir Bux
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?
It had a shrill unpleasant sound.
The sound of it was considered inauspicious.
He hated the look of it.
All of these
- 9. Multiple Choice
Shehnai is played in temples and weddings because _________________.
it is a tradition.
its sound is considered auspicious.
people love its melodious sound.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did Bismillah Khan earn a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg ?
his performance in gilli-danda
his recital of the Bhojpuri ‘Chaita’
his practice at the banks of Ganga
his inventing new raagas
- 11. Multiple Choice
What/Who inspired Bismillah Khan to invent raagas that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai?
Ali Bux
Ustad Faiyaz Khan
The flowing waters of
the Ganga
Paigambar Bux
- 12. Multiple Choice
How is a shehnai different from a pungi?
Tick all the right options.
It is longer and broader than a pungi.
Its sound is melodious unlike the shrill unpleasant sound of pungi.
It is not a wind instrument like pungi.
It can only be played by professional players unlike pungi which can be played by anybody.
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