Musical Instruments Top 100 MCQs With Answer and Explanation

1. Which of the following is an exponent of the Harmonium mentioned in the list?
A) Hariprasad Chaurasiya
B) Daya Shankar
C) Shri Purushottam Walawalkar
D) Rajaratnam Pillai

2. Hariprasad Chaurasiya is a famous master of which instrument?
A) Shehnai
B) Nadaswaram
C) Flute
D) Sarod

3. Ustad Bismillah Khan is a renowned exponent of the _________.
A) Tabla
B) Shehnai
C) Sarangi
D) Sitar

4. The list includes Rajaratnam Pillai as an exponent of the ________.
A) Mridangam
B) Ghatam
C) Nadaswaram
D) Pakhawaj

5. T.H. Vinayakram is an exponent of which percussion instrument?
A) Kanjira
B) Ghatam
C) Tabla
D) Mridangam

6. Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai is associated with the ________.
A) Mridangam
B) Ghatam
C) Kanjira
D) Tabla

7. Which instrument is associated with the exponent Zakir Hussain?
A) Sitar
B) Sarod
C) Flute
D) Tabla

8. Totaram Sharma, Gopaldas, and Ramshankar Pagaldas are masters of the ________.
A) Mridangam
B) Pakhawaj
C) Ghatam
D) Tabla

9. Which instrument is associated with the exponent Karaikudi R Mani?
A) Tabla
B) Pakhawaj
C) Mridangam
D) Kanjira

10. Braj Bhushan Kabra is an Indian exponent of the __________.
A) Sitar
B) Guitar
C) Mandolin
D) Sarod

11. U Srinivas is a famous master of the _______.
A) Violin
B) Sitar
C) Mandolin
D) Santoor

12. The instrument Rudra Veena is associated with which exponent?
A) Abdul Aziz Khan
B) Ahmed Raja Khan
C) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
D) Asad Ali Khan

13. V Balsara is a noted artist for which instrument?
A) Piano
B) Violin
C) Guitar
D) Veena

14. The Mohana Veena is associated with _________.
A) Asad Ali Khan
B) Abdul Aziz Khan
C) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
D) Abdul Aziz Khan

15. Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma is a master of the ________.
A) Sitar
B) Sarod
C) Santoor
D) Sarangi

16. Pt Ram Narayan is a well-known exponent of the _________.
A) Violin
B) Sitar
C) Sarangi
D) Santoor

17. Ustad Vilayat Khan and Pt Ravi Shankar are exponents of the ________.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Santoor
D) Violin

18. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a famous master of the: A. Sitar B. Sarod C. Santoor D. Sarangi Correct Answer: B Explanation __________.
A) Portuguese
B) French
C) British
D) Mughals

19. Lalgudi Jayaram and VG Jog are noted exponents of the _______.
A) Violin
B) Sitar
C) Sarod
D) Flute

20. Which exponent is associated with both Rudra Veena and Been?
A) Abdul Aziz Khan
B) Asad Ali Khan
C) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
D) Ahmed Raja Khan

21. The instrument Vichitra Veena is associated with which two exponents?
A) Pt Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee
B) TH Vinayakram and EM Subramaniam
C) Abdul Aziz Khan and Ahmed Raja Khan
D) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Allaudin Khan

22. Which instrument is described as a ‘plucked string instrument’ used in Hindustani classical music?
A) Violin
B) Sitar
C) Sarod
D) Guitar

23. Anushka Shankar is listed as an exponent of the ________.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Violin
D) Santoor

24. Zarin S Sharma is listed as an exponent of the ________.
A) Sitar
B) Sarangi
C) Violin
D) Sarod

25. Which exponent is mentioned in the list for both Harmonium and Tabla?
A) Allah Rakha
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Jnan Prakash Ghosh
D) Pt Kishan Maharaj

26. Which two exponents are listed for the Flute, along with TR Mahalingam and Pannalal Ghosh?
A) Daya Shankar and Bismillah Khan
B) N. Ramani and Hariprasad Chaurasiya
C) Ustad Vilayat Khan and Pt Ravi Shankar
D) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma and Bhajan Sopori

27. The percussion instrument Tabla is described in the text as similar to ________.
A) Xylophone
B) Timpani
C) Drums
D) Triangl

28. The Harmonium is described as a keyboard instrument that blows sounds through ________.
A) Tubes
B) Keys
C) Reeds
D) Strings

29. The Flute is classified as a wind instrument that makes sound through _________.
A) Vibrations of strings
B) Being struck
C) Air vibrations
D) Tubular sound resonator

30. Appa Jalgaonkar is an exponent of the ________.
A) Flute
B) Shehnai
C) Harmonium
D) Tabla

31. Which of the following is not an exponent of the Mridangam listed in the text?
A) SV Rajarao
B) Palghat Raghu
C) Totaram Sharma
D) Palghat Mani Iyer

32. Which instrument is associated with the exponent Sheikh Chinnamaula?
A) Shehnai
B) Nadaswaram
C) Flute
D) Sarod

33. Nikhil Banerjee is listed as an exponent of the _________.
A) Sarod
B) Violin
C) Santoor
D) Sitar

34. The exponent Sharan Rani is associated with the _________.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Santoor
D) Sarangi

35. Which exponent is listed for the Violin?
A) Ustad Binda Khan
B) Lalgudi Jayaram
C) Shahid Parvez Khan
D) Pt Tarun Bhattacharya

36. Which exponent of the Sarod is listed along with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan?
A) Pt Ravi Shankar
B) Allaudin Khan
C) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
D) Zakir Hussain

37. Daya Shankar and Ali Ahmad Hussain are exponents of the _________.
A) Flute
B) Nadaswaram
C) Shehnai
D) Tabla

38. Sandeep Das is listed as a master of the _________.
A) Mridangam
B) Pakhawaj
C) Tabla
D) Ghatam

39. Which exponent is associated with the Santoor along with Bhajan Sopori and Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma?
A) Sultan Khan
B) Pt Tarun Bhattacharya
C) Shahid Parvez Khan
D) VG Jog

40. The list includes which exponent for the Flute?
A) Neeruswami Pillai
B) Pannalal Ghosh
C) Jnan Prakash Ghosh
D) Appa Jalgaonkar

41. M Chandrasekharan, NR Murlidharan, and MS Gopalakrishnan are masters of the __________.
A) Sitar
B) Sarod
C) Violin
D) Flute

42. Sabir Khan, Allah Rakha, and Pt Kishan Maharaj are exponents of the _________.
A) Pakhawaj
B) Tabla
C) Mridangam
D) Kanjira

43. The list states which exponent is associated with the Vichitra Veena?
A) Asad Ali Khan
B) Abdul Aziz Khan
C) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
D) S Balamurali Krishna

44. Who among the following is listed as an exponent of the Sarangi?
A) Pt Kishan Maharaj
B) Ustad Binda Khan
C) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
D) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

45. The list includes which exponent for the Sitar?
A) Shujaat Hussain Khan
B) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
C) Ustad Binda Khan
D) V Balsara

46. Palghat Mani Iyer and KV Prasad are masters of the _________.
A) Tabla
B) Ghatam
C) Pakhawaj
D) Mridangam

47. The list associates which instrument with Pandit Ayodhya Prasad?
A) Tabla
B) Pakhawaj
C) Mridangam
D) Nadaswaram

48. Which exponent is listed for the Mandolin?
A) Nagen Dey
B) VG Jog
C) Braj Bhushan Kabra
D) Allaudin Khan

49. The list mentions which instrument is associated with the exponent Budhaditya Mukherjee?
A) Sarod
B) Violin
C) Sitar
D) Been

50. The Sarangi exponent Shakoor Khan is listed along with ________.
A) Pt Ram Narayan and Sultan Khan
B) Abdul Latif Khan and Pt Ravi Shankar
C) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Allaudin Khan
D) Bhajan Sopori and Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma

51. Which instrument is described as a “six-stringed fretted instrument”?
A) Sitar
B) Guitar
C) Violin
D) Mandolin

52. The instrument Santoor is associated with ______.
A) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
B) Pt Ram Narayan
C) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
D) N. Ramani

53. Which exponent is listed for the Shehnai?
A) Sheikh Chinnamaula
B) TR Mahalingam
C) Daya Shankar
D) Pt Kishan Maharaj

54. EM Subramaniam is an exponent of the _______.
A) Mridangam
B) Ghatam
C) Pakhawaj
D) Kanjira

55. Who among the following is not a listed exponent of the Tabla?
A) Allah Rakha
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Sabir Khan
D) Gopaldas

56. Which of the following is not a listed exponent of the Sitar?
A) Mustaq Ali Khan
B) Shahid Parvez Khan
C) Budhaditya Mukherjee
D) Bahadur Khan

57. Which exponent is listed for the Flute?
A) Hariprasad Chaurasiya
B) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
C) V Balsara
D) Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai

58. The list includes which exponent for the Violin?
A) VG Jog
B) Bhajan Sopori
C) Asad Ali Khan
D) Abdul Latif Khan

59. The instrument Been is associated with _______.
A) Abdul Aziz Khan
B) Asad Ali Khan
C) Ahmed Raja Khan
D) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat

60. Which exponent is listed for the Nadaswaram?
A) Sheikh Chinnamaula
B) Ali Ahmad Hussain
C) Hariprasad Chaurasiya
D) Appa Jalgaonkar

61. Which instrument is associated with Palghat Mani Iyer?
A) Tabla
B) Ghatam
C) Mridangam
D) Pakhawaj

62. Abdul Latif Khan and Ramesh Mishra are exponents of the ________.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Sarangi
D) Santoor

63. S Balamurali Krishna is a master of the _______.
A) Mandolin
B) Guitar
C) Violin
D) Sitar

64. Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat is the exponent of which Veena?
A) Rudra Veena
B) Vichitra Veena
C) Mohan Veena
D) Been

65. Which exponent is associated with the Harmonium?
A) Appa Jalgaonkar
B) N. Ramani
C) Neeruswami Pillai
D) Palghat Raghu

66. The exponent Pt Tarun Bhattacharya is associated with the __________.
A) Sitar
B) Sarod
C) Santoor
D) Sarangi

67. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is a renowned exponent of the _____.
A) Sitar
B) Sarod
C) Sarangi
D) Santoor

68. Which exponent is listed for the Guitar?
A) U Srinivas
B) V Balsara
C) Braj Bhushan Kabra
D) Khagen Dey

69. The list mentions which Veena is associated with Ahmed Raja Khan?
A) Rudra Veena
B) Vichitra Veena
C) Mohan Veena
D) Been

70. Who among the following is listed as an exponent of the Sitar?
A) Ustad Vilayat Khan
B) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
C) Abdul Latif Khan
D) TH Vinayakram

71. The list includes which exponent for the Nadaswaram?
A) Rajaratnam Pillai
B) Daya Shankar
C) Pannalal Ghosh
D) Karaikudi R Mani

72. Who among the following is an exponent of the Pakhawaj?
A) Sabir Khan
B) Pt Ayodhya Prasad
C) KV Prasad
D) EM Subramaniam

73. The instrument Been is associated with which exponent?
A) Abdul Aziz Khan
B) Asad Ali Khan
C) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
D) Ahmed Raja Khan

74. Which exponent is listed for the Harmonium?
A) Shri Purushottam Walawalkar
B) TR Mahalingam
C) Pt Kishan Maharaj
D) Allaudin Khan

75. The exponent Sultan Khan is associated with the _________.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Sarangi
D) Santoor

76. Which exponent is listed for the Mridangam?
A) Totaram Sharma
B) Karaikudi R Mani
C) TH Vinayakram
D) Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai

77. The list includes which exponent for the Violin?
A) MS Gopalakrishnan
B) Shujaat Hussain Khan
C) Khagen Dey
D) Appa Jalgaonkar

78. Ramshankar Pagaldas is an exponent of the _________.
A) Mridangam
B) Pakhawaj
C) Tabla
D) Ghatam

79. Which instrument is described as making sound through a tubular sound resonator?
A) Percussion instruments
B) Keyboard instruments
C) Brass/Wind Instruments
D) String Instruments

80. The Sitar is described as a Sitar is a _________.
A) Plucked wind instrument
B) Struck keyboard instrument
C) Plucked string instrument
D) Fretted percussion instrument

81. The Rudra Veena is associated with ______.
A) Abdul Aziz Khan
B) Asad Ali Khan
C) Ahmed Raja Khan
D) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat

82. Which exponent is listed for the Flute?
A) TR Mahalingam
B) Ustad Bismillah Khan
C) Allah Rakha
D) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

83. Shahid Parvez Khan is listed as an exponent of the _______.
A) Sarod
B) Sitar
C) Sarangi
D) Violin

84. The instrument Sarod is associated with ______.
A) Allaudin Khan
B) Nikhil Banerjee
C) Pt Ram Narayan
D) TH Vinayakram

85. Which exponent is listed for the Mridangam?
A) SV Rajarao
B) Gopaldas
C) Sabir Khan
D) EM Subramaniam

86. Which instrument is associated with the exponent V Balsara?
A) Violin
B) Piano
C) Guitar
D) Flute

87. The list includes which exponent for the Sarangi?
A) Ramesh Mishra
B) Pt Kishan Maharaj
C) Palghat Raghu
D) U Srinivas

88. Which instrument is associated with Palghat Raghu?
A) Tabla
B) Ghatam
C) Pakhawaj
D) Mridangam

89. Which exponent is listed for the Violin?
A) MS Gopalakrishnan
B) Ustad Vilayat Khan
C) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
D) Rajaratnam Pillai

90. Which instrument is associated with the exponent Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai?
A) Mridangam
B) Ghatam
C) Kanjira
D) Tabla

91. Which exponent is listed for the Mandolin?
A) S Balamurali Krishna
B) Braj Bhushan Kabra
C) V Balsara
D) VG Jog

92. The Shehnai is associated with which exponent?
A) Sheikh Chinnamaula
B) Bismillah Khan
C) Pannalal Ghosh
D) TH Vinayakram

93. The instrument Flute is associated with ________.
A) Pannalal Ghosh
B) Jnan Prakash Ghosh
C) Allah Rakha
D) Palghat Raghu

94. Which of the following is not a listed exponent of the Sarod?
A) Allaudin Khan
B) Bahadur Khan
C) Zarin S Sharma
D) Budhaditya Mukherjee

95. Who is listed as an exponent of the Pakhawaj?
A) Totaram Sharma
B) Pt Kishan Maharaj
C) Karaikudi R Mani
D) Ustaad Shafaat Ahmad Khan

96. Which exponent is listed for the Tabla?
A) Allah Rakha
B) Gopaldas
C) SV Rajarao
D) EM Subramaniam

97. The list associates which instrument with Neeruswami Pillai?
A) Shehnai
B) Flute
C) Nadaswaram
D) Violin

98. The Santoor is associated with ________.
A) Bhajan Sopori
B) Sultan Khan
C) Lalgudi Jayaram
D) Shujaat Hussain Khan

99. Which exponent is listed for the Harmonium?
A) Jnan Prakash Ghosh
B) Hariprasad Chaurasiya
C) Zakir Hussain
D) Ustad Bismillah Khan

100. The instrument Been is associated with which exponent?
A) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
B) Asad Ali Khan
C) Abdul Aziz Khan
D) Ahmed Raja Khan