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4601	Which instrumental composition is a slow sitar gat in Teentaal traditionally starting from the 12th matra?	Performing Arts Hindustani forms	Medium
4602	A singer focuses on expressing the shades of meaning of a romantic Braj text in raga Khamaj, with flexible ra…	Performing Arts Hindustani forms	Medium
4603	Which ruler's court at Gwalior is most closely associated with the flowering of dhrupad?	Performing Arts Hindustani forms	Hard
4604	What is the correct order of the three sections of a Karnatak kriti?	Performing Arts Karnatak forms	Easy
4605	Which Karnatak form, built on rhythmic syllables, usually brings a Bharatanatyam recital to a close?	Performing Arts Karnatak forms	Easy
4606	The best-known composer of Telugu padams, used widely for abhinaya in dance, is:	Performing Arts Karnatak forms	Medium
4607	In a Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi, a singer repeats one line of the pallavi with improvised melodic variations while k…	Performing Arts Karnatak forms	Hard
4608	A tillana in Karnatak music is closest in character to which Hindustani form?	Performing Arts Karnatak forms	Medium
4609	Who is honoured as the "Karnataka Sangeeta Pitamaha" for framing the basic graded lessons of Karnatak music?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Easy
4610	Which musicologist classified Hindustani ragas into ten thaats and wrote the Kramik Pustak Malika?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Easy
4611	Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi were all trained by the same guru. Who was he?	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Medium
4612	The Pancharatna kritis are a famous set of five compositions by:	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Medium
4613	A vocalist was a disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, headed the music faculty at BHU and wrote Sangeetanjal…	Performing Arts Musicians and composers	Hard
4614	Which ancient text gives the fourfold classification of instruments into tata, avanaddha, sushir and ghana?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Easy
4615	The shehnai and the nadaswaram belong to which class of instruments?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Easy
4616	The ghatam, a clay pot used in Karnatak concerts, is classified as:	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Medium
4617	The santoor is played by striking strings with light wooden hammers. In which class does it fall?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Medium
4618	Which group contains only avanaddha instruments?	Performing Arts Classification of instruments	Hard
4619	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
4620	Raga Yaman belongs to Kalyan thaat. Which altered note does it use?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Easy
4621	Which Karnatak raga corresponds to the Hindustani raga Malkauns?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Medium
4622	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
4623	Which pair of ragas are both audav-audav in jaati?	Performing Arts Salient features of ragas	Hard
4624	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
4625	Which classical dance was created by Srimanta Sankaradeva in the Vaishnava monasteries of Assam?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Easy
4626	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
4627	In Kathakali, which make-up type with a green face is used for noble, virtuous heroes?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Medium
4628	Which group of four musicians organised the margam of Bharatanatyam?	Performing Arts Classical dances of India	Hard
4629	Which dancer founded Kalakshetra and played a leading part in reviving Bharatanatyam?	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Easy
4630	Birju Maharaj is associated with which gharana of Kathak?	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Easy
4631	Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra is best known for his contribution to:	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Medium
4632	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
4633	Match correctly: P. Kalyanikutty Amma, Q. Guru Bipin Singh, R. Vempati Chinna Satyam with 1. Kuchipudi, 2. Mo…	Performing Arts Exponents of dance	Hard
4634	A dancer performs only rhythmic footwork and patterns that carry no story or meaning. This is:	Performing Arts Dance terms	Easy
4635	The graceful, delicate style of dance traditionally linked with Goddess Parvati is called:	Performing Arts Dance terms	Easy
4636	A dancer interprets the lines of a padam through facial expression and hand gestures while dancing. Which ter…	Performing Arts Dance terms	Medium
4637	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
4638	Statement I: Kathakali, with its story, acting, music and dance, is an example of natya. Statement II: Lokdha…	Performing Arts Dance terms	Hard
4639	Who is the author of the Abhinaya Darpan?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
4640	Which text is the main authority for the hand gestures used in Kathakali?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
4641	According to the tradition recorded in the Natya Shastra, from which Veda was rasa taken?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Hard
4642	Lavani, a fast and lively folk performance with the dholki, belongs to which state?	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Easy
4643	A masked folk dance with martial movements is practised in Purulia and Seraikela styles. It is:	Performing Arts Texts and folk dances	Medium
4644	Costume, make-up and ornaments belong to which type of abhinaya?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
4645	What is the sthayi bhava of karuna rasa?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Easy
4646	An actor playing a grieving mother begins to tremble and tears flow naturally. These involuntary signs belong…	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
4647	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
4648	Which rasa was not among Bharata's original eight and was accepted later as the ninth?	Performing Arts Abhinaya and rasa theory	Medium
4649	Kerala Kalamandalam was founded in 1930 by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy
4650	The Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad was founded by:	Performing Arts Dance institutions and festivals	Easy