Sunday, December 26, 2010

KVS navodaya Vidyalaya Music Teacher recruitment Exam Practice Paper

1. Which instrumental has gotfrets?
(A) Violin
(B) Sarangi
(C) Sitar
(D) Tanpura

2. Who is writer of Sangeet Ratnakar?
(A) Kallinath
(B) Lochan
(C) Sharangdev
(D) Mammat

3. Who is not from Maiher Gharana?
(A) Allauddin Khan
(B) Nikhil Banerjee
(C) Pt. Ravi Shankar
(D) Halim Zafer Khan

4. Which Folk dance is from Gujarat?
(A) Giddha
(B) Garva
(C) Ras
(D) Nachani

5. Who is not a Thumri Singer?
(A) Girija Devi
(B) Sharan Rani
(C) Siddheswari Devi
(D) Shobha Gurtu

6. How many main classes of Musical Instruments?
(A)Three
(B) Four
(C)Five
(D) Six

7. Who is not a Sitar player?
(A) Ravi Shankar
(B) Shivkumar Sharma
(C) Buddhaditya Mukherjee
(D) Rahim Khan

8. Who is not mainly a Dhrupad singer?
(A) Bhimsen Joshi
(B) Fahimuddin Dagar
(C) Gundecha Bandhu
(D) A. Rahimuddin Dagar

9. Write the name of person who has contributed utmost in the field of Music Aesthetic—
(A) S.K. Saxena
(B) Ashok Ranade
(C) B.C. Deva
(D) K.C.D. Brthaspati

10. Who mastered all the four main styles of labia?
(A) Abmad Jan Thirakwa
(B) Samta Prasad
(C) Kishan Maharaja
(D) Munne Khan

11. How many Matras in Basant Tal?
(A)5
(B)7
(C)9
(D)11

12. A famous Karnatak percussionist
(A) Palghat Mani Iyer
(B) T. R. Mahalingam
(C) Madurai Mani Iyer
(D) Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar

13. A vocalist of the 20th century—
(A) Chembai Vaidyanatha Iyer
(B) Muthuswami Dikshitar
(C) Tyagaraja
(D) Subramanya Bharati

14. Raga Puranira figures in
(A) Kathakali
(B) Odissi
(C) Kuchipudi
(D) Bharatanatyam

15. The Lady who established Kalakshetra?
(A) Rukminidevi Arundale
(B) Sarasawathi Bai
(C) M. S. Subhalakshami
(D) D. K. Pattammal

16. The 9th Melakartha
(A)Dhenuka
(B)Natakapriya
(C) Keeravani
(D) Natabhairavi

17. The great singer of Hindustani Classical Music Tagore has
remembered whole life
(A) Faiaz Khan
(B) Bishm Chakravarty
(C) Jagannath Bhattacharyya
(D) Kesharbai Kerker

18. The book consisiting Tagor’s concept of Music is—
(A) Sangeet-o-Bhav
(B) Sangitor Dharma
(C) Sangitor Mukti
(D) Sangit Chinta

19. The distance from Meru to Madhyam on the string of Veena
(A) 6”
(B) 8”
(C) 9”
(D) 12”

20. Matra of initial Swara of Masitkharii Gat
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12

21. Dha, Ni, Re, Sa Swara is of which Raga?
(A) Ahir Bhairav
(B) Todi
(C) Marva
(D) Bhairavi

22. ‘Udgata’ is concerned with which Gan?
(A) Dhrupad
(B) Tappa
(C)Lavani
(D) Sam

23. Commercial music teaching centres
(A) Gandharva Sangeet Vidyalaya
(B) University
(C) Sangeet Natak Academy
(D) I.C.C.R.

24. Frequency of notes of Gandhara
(A) 240
(B) 270
(C) 320
(D) 360

25. Chords are used in which Sangeet?
(A)Rabindra
(B) Hindustani
(C)Western
(D) Karnatak.

26. Which musical instrument is more modern?
(A) Tabla
(B) Bheri
(C) Dhundubi
(D) Pakhawaj

27. Which one of the following is a western musicologist?
(A) B. C. Dev
(B) A. N. Jairazbhoi
(C) A.Denelue
(D) Leela Omchiri

28. Dr. Lalmani Mishra played which instrument?
(A)Veena
(B) Sarod
(C) Guitar
(D) Tabla

29. Which of the following is Sangeet Vishvavidyalaya?
(A) Rajasthan University
(B) Indra Kala Sangeet Vishwa vidhyalaya
(C) Agra University
(D) B.H.U.

30. Arrange the Angas of Dhrupad in required form
(A) Sthai, Sanchari, Aabhog, Antara
(B) Aabhog, Sanchari, Antara,Sthai
(C) Antara, Sanchari, Abhog,Sthai
(D) Sthai, Antara, Sanchari, Aabhog

31. Arrange Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Ni on string of Veena is descending order
(A) 4”, 6’ 9”, 12”, 20”
(B) 6”, 4’ 12”, 9”, 20”
(C) 20’’, 12’’ ,9”, 6’’ ,4 “
(D) 12’’, 9”, 6”, 4”, 20”

32. Which instrument Akbar, the great?
(A) DHOLAK
(B) MRIDANG
(C) NAKKARA
(D) DHOL

33. On which SHRUTI does PANCHAM fall in MADHYAMA
GRAM?
(A) 15th
(B) 16th
(C) 17th
(D) 18th

34. Which is the correct series of Shruties of Shuddy Swaras?
(A) 4324324
(B) 4243234
(C) 3244243
(D) 4324432

35. Name the western musicologist who adopted Hindu religion
(A) Martin Klinton
(B) Alen Danelue
(C) Mooplore
(D) Mark Legi

36. Name the GUITARIST of Hindustani music
(A) Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
(B) Hariprasad Chaurasiya
(C) Buddhaditya Mukharjee
(D) Pt. Brij Bhushan Kabra

37. Assertion (A) : Acharya K.C.D. Brihaspati was well versed in Sanskrit,wrote so many books which explored the mysterious of history etc, was a good singer, writer and a teacher.
Reason (R) Acharya Brihaspati worked a lot in the field of aesthetics and philosophy.
(A) (A) right (R) wrong
(B) (A) wrong (R) wrong
(C) (A) right (R) right
(D) (A) wrong (R) right

38. Assertion (A) : A vocalist who is an expert in Dhrupad he can also sing Khayal well.
Reason (R) : Dhrupad singer who is an expert in Laykari ,his voice is made very mejastic.
(A) (A) true (R) false
(B) (A) false (R) true
(C) (A) and (R) both false
(D) (A) true (R) true

39. In which Gharana of Tabla, Quades of Aadi Laya are mostly
played—
(A)Delhi
(B) Punjab
(C) Ajarada
(D) Farrukhabad

40. The Tall having 11 Matras
(A) Laxmi Taal
(B) GaneshTaal
(C) Rudra Taal
(D) Parvati Taal


ANSWERS:

1 B
2 C
3 A
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 B
8 A
9 D
10 A
11 C
12 B
13 C
14 D
15 A
16 D
17 B
18 C
19 C
20 D
21 A
22 D
23 D
24 C
25 C
26 A
27 C
28 A
29 B
30 D
31 A
32 C
33 B
34 D
35 B
36 D
37 C
38 B
39 C
40 C
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CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

“Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.