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51	Who is honoured as the "Karnataka Sangeeta Pitamaha" for framing the basic graded lessons of Karnatak music?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Easy
52	Which musicologist classified Hindustani ragas into ten thaats and wrote the Kramik Pustak Malika?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Easy
53	Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi were all trained by the same guru. Who was he?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Medium
54	The Pancharatna kritis are a famous set of five compositions by:	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Medium
55	A vocalist was a disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, headed the music faculty at BHU and wrote Sangeetanjal…	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Hard
56	Which ancient text gives the fourfold classification of instruments into tata, avanaddha, sushir and ghana?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Easy
57	The shehnai and the nadaswaram belong to which class of instruments?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Easy
58	The ghatam, a clay pot used in Karnatak concerts, is classified as:	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Medium
59	The santoor is played by striking strings with light wooden hammers. In which class does it fall?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Medium
60	Which group contains only avanaddha instruments?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Hard
61	Which raga uses only Sa, Re, Ga, Pa and Dha, all shuddha, and is called Mohanam in Karnatak music?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Easy
62	Raga Yaman belongs to Kalyan thaat. Which altered note does it use?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Easy
63	Which Karnatak raga corresponds to the Hindustani raga Malkauns?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Medium
64	A morning raga uses komal Re and komal Dha with gentle andolan on them; its vadi is Dha and samvadi Re. Which…	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Medium
65	Which pair of ragas are both audav-audav in jaati?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Hard
66	In which classical dance does a dancer perform the tarangam while balancing on the rim of a brass plate?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Easy
67	Which classical dance was created by Srimanta Sankaradeva in the Vaishnava monasteries of Assam?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Easy
68	A dance has Ras Lila as its main theme, uses the pung drum and a stiff cylindrical skirt called potloi. Which…	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Medium
69	In Kathakali, which make-up type with a green face is used for noble, virtuous heroes?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Medium
70	Which group of four musicians organised the margam of Bharatanatyam?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Hard
71	Which dancer founded Kalakshetra and played a leading part in reviving Bharatanatyam?	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Easy
72	Birju Maharaj is associated with which gharana of Kathak?	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Easy
73	Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra is best known for his contribution to:	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Medium
74	Which artist toured with Anna Pavlova, set up a centre at Almora and pioneered modern creative dance in India?	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Medium
75	Match correctly: P. Kalyanikutty Amma, Q. Guru Bipin Singh, R. Vempati Chinna Satyam with 1. Kuchipudi, 2. Mo…	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Hard
76	A dancer performs only rhythmic footwork and patterns that carry no story or meaning. This is:	Performing Arts Dance terms	Easy
77	The graceful, delicate style of dance traditionally linked with Goddess Parvati is called:	Performing Arts Dance terms	Easy
78	A dancer interprets the lines of a padam through facial expression and hand gestures while dancing. Which ter…	Performing Arts Dance terms	Medium
79	A dancer shows a deer using a fixed hand gesture instead of imitating a real deer naturally. This stylised wa…	Performing Arts Dance terms	Medium
80	Statement I: Kathakali, with its story, acting, music and dance, is an example of natya. Statement II: Lokdha…	Performing Arts Dance terms	Hard
81	Who is the author of the Abhinaya Darpan?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
82	Which text is the main authority for the hand gestures used in Kathakali?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
83	According to the tradition recorded in the Natya Shastra, from which Veda was rasa taken?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Hard
84	Lavani, a fast and lively folk performance with the dholki, belongs to which state?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
85	A masked folk dance with martial movements is practised in Purulia and Seraikela styles. It is:	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
86	Costume, make-up and ornaments belong to which type of abhinaya?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
87	What is the sthayi bhava of karuna rasa?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
88	An actor playing a grieving mother begins to tremble and tears flow naturally. These involuntary signs belong…	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
89	In a love scene, moonlight and a garden in spring heighten the hero's feeling. In rasa theory these are:	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Hard
90	Which rasa was not among Bharata's original eight and was accepted later as the ninth?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
91	Kerala Kalamandalam was founded in 1930 by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy
92	The Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad was founded by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy
93	Which festival offers dance to Lord Nataraja at Chidambaram around Maha Shivaratri?	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Medium
94	Which Kathak gharana is especially noted for grace, delicate abhinaya and development at the court of Wajid A…	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Medium
95	The Kathak Kendra in New Delhi and the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy in Imphal function as units of …	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Hard
96	Which tabla stroke is produced by playing Ta on the dayan and Ge on the bayan together?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Easy
97	The wooden blocks placed under the leather straps of the tabla and moved to adjust pitch are called:	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Medium
98	Which pair of tabla gharanas is known for the "band baaj" (closed style)?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Medium
99	Which drum is the traditional accompaniment of dhrupad and has wheat dough applied to its bass head?	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Easy
100	A barrel drum carved from jackfruit wood, with semolina paste applied on the left head, is played in a Karnat…	Performing Arts Tabla, pakhawaj and mridangam	Hard