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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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