ICSE Class 10 Specimen Paper 2022 Carnatic Music Semester 2

ICSE SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATION
SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER
CARNATIC MUSIC
Maximum Marks: 50
Time allowed: One and a half hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION A
(Attempt all questions.)

Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the
question, Write the correct answer only.) [10]
(i) The Avkrita Svaras also called Achala svaras are:

(a) Sa Ma Pa Dha

(b) Sa and Pa

(c) Sa Ga Ma Ni

(d) Sa Pa sa

(ii) Navakoti Narayana:

(a) Patnam Subramanya Iyer

(b) Annamayya

(c) Purandara dasa

(d) Sadasiva Brahmendra

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(iii) Itara nama mudra composer:

(a) Thyagaraja

(b) Muthuswami Dikshitar

(c) Syama Sastri

(d) Bhadrachala Ramadasa

(iv) Krishna Leela Tarangini consists of:

(a) Ekadasa Tarangas

(b) Dvadasa Tarangas

(c) Ashta Tarangas

(d) Nava Tarangas

(v) Signature of Bhadrachala Ramadasu:

(a) Padumanabha, Pankajanabha, Sarasijanabha

(b) Bhadradri, Bhadrasaila, Bhadragiri

(c) Ramadasan, Kumara, Guruguha

(d) Ramadasan, Gopaladasan, Venugopala

(vi) Dhruva tala consists of:

(a) Two laghus and two drutams – 1 1 O O

(b) One laghu one drutam one anudrutam – 1 O U

(c) One anudrutam one laghu one dtutam – U 1 O

(d) One laghu one drutam one laghu one laghu – 1 0 1 1

(vii) Which of the following is a monophone instrument?

(a) Flute

(b) Violin

(c) Tambura

(d) Veena

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(viii) The signature of Gopalakrishna Bharati

(a) Balakrishnan

(b) Guruguha

(c) Kumara

(d) Sarasijanabha

(ix) Jivali – the buzzing sound is produced in:

(a) Veena

(b) Tambura

(c) Flute

(d) Violin

(x) Avanadhdha vadyas are:

(a) Stringed instruments

(b) Wind instruments

(c) Clay instruments

(d) Skin instruments

SECTION B
(Attempt any four questions from this Section.)

Question 2

(i) What is achala swara? [2]

(ii) Name the sapta swaras? [2]

(iii) What are prakriti and vikrata swaras? [3]

(iv) What are the svaras having dual names in the swara nomenclature? [3]

Question 3

(i) Name the strings in Tambura? [2]

(ii) What is mukha randra? [2]

(iii) Write a short note on Chordophones instruments? [3]

(iv) Write the classification of Aerophones instruments? [3]
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Question 4

(i) What are the two fictitious characters in Nandanar Charitram? [2]

(ii) Name the song Gopalakrishna Bharathi composed after he met with Thyagaraja? [2]

(iii) Name any three compositions of Gopalakrishna Bharathi with raga and tala? [3]

(iv) What are the contributions to music by Gopalakrishna Bharathi? [3]

Question 5

(i) What is the other name of Veena Kuppaiyar and explain why is called so? [2]

(ii) Name the two group krities composed by Veena Kuppaiar? [2]

(iii) What is a group kriti? [3]

(iv) What is the connection between Veena Kuppaiyar and Thyagaraja’s Tiruvotriyur
Pancharatnam? [3]

Question 6

(i) Name the composers of the following mudras? [2]
(a) Narayana Tirta
(b) Bhadrasaila
(ii) Name any two krits of Veena Kuppaiyar with raga and Tala? [2]

(iii) Write the contributions of Purandaradasa to music. [3]

(iv) What is grahabheda? [3]

Question 7

(i) Who composed Dasarathi Satakam? [2]

(ii) Name the composer of Parijatapaharana Natika? [2]

(iii) What incident made Sinnappa to become a Dasa? [3]

(iv) Who was the composer imprisoned for 12 years at Golkonda Fort and what was the
reason? [3]

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