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Roll No.
(Write Roll Number from left side
exactly as in the Admit Card) Signature of Invigilator
Question Booklet Series X
PAPER–II Question Booklet No.
Subject Code : 28 (Identical with OMR
Answer Sheet Number)

MUSIC
Time : 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 200

Instructions for the Candidates

1. Write your Roll Number in the space provided on the top of this page as well as on the OMR Sheet provided.
2. At the commencement of the examination, the question booklet will be given to you. In the first 5 minutes, you
are requested to open the booklet and verify it:
(i) To have access to the Question Booklet, tear off the paper seal on the edge of this cover page.
(ii) Faulty booklet, if detected, should be got replaced immediately by a correct booklet from the invigilator
within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the Question Booklet will be replaced nor any extra time
will be given.
(iii) Verify whether the Question Booklet No. is identical with OMR Answer Sheet No.; if not, the full set is
to be replaced.
(iv) After this verification is over, the Question Booklet Series and Question Booklet Number should be entered
on the OMR Sheet.
3. This paper consists of One hundred (100) multiple-choice type questions. All the questions are compulsory. Each
question carries two marks.
4. Each Question has four alternative responses marked: A B C D . You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each question.
Example: A B C D , where C is the correct response.
5. Your responses to the questions are to be indicated correctly in the OMR Sheet. If you mark your response at
any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated.
6. Rough work is to be done at the end of this booklet.
7. If you write your Name, Roll Number, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except
in the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ
any other unfair means, such as change of response by scratching or using white fluid, you will render yourself
liable to disqualification.
8. Do not tamper or fold the OMR Sheet in any way. If you do so, your OMR Sheet will not be evaluated.
9. You have to return the Original OMR Sheet to the invigilator at the end of the examination compulsorily and must
not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. You are, however, allowed to carry question booklet and
duplicate copy of OMR Sheet after completion of examination.
10. Use only Black Ball point pen.
11. Use of any calculator, mobile phone, electronic devices/gadgets etc. is strictly prohibited.
12. There is no negative marks for incorrect answer.

15804 [ Please Turn Over ]

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X–3 28–II

MUSIC
PAPER II
1. Which of the following instruments has one string? 6. Who was mentioned as the ‘Bhandari’ of his
(A) Ghosha Veena songs by Tagore?
(B) Matta Kokila Veena (A) Abanindranath
(C) Kinnari Veena (B) Dwijendranath
(D) Tritantri Veena (C) Dinendranath
(D) Sourindranath

2. First women vidwan received “Raman
Magasaysay” award in the field of music —
7. “Dheere bondhu go, dheere dheere”
(A) Kishori Amonker
(A) Basanta
(B) D. K. Pattammal
(B) Arupratan
(C) M. L. Vasanta Kumari
(C) Falguni
(D) M. S. Subbalakshmi
(D) Raja

3. “Nakha Vaayuja Charmaani Loha Saareera
Jaastathaa” is a statement of 8. Tagore wrote ‘O amar desher mati’ at the age of
(A) Narada (A) 35
(B) Bharata (B) 75
(C) Lochanakavi (C) 45
(D) Sarangadeva (D) 15

4. Suddha Saveri in Karnatic music corresponds to
9. Choose the odd one:
(A) Bhimplasi
(A) Puja
(B) Malkauns
(B) Swadesh
(C) Durga
(C) Manab
(D) Bhup
(D) Bichitra

5. Which of the following Tagore songs is based on 10. Which character did Rabindranath portray in the
“Dhrupad”? drama ‘Tapati’?
(A) Bipulo tarango re (A) Rameshwar
(B) Kanna hashir doldolano (B) Debdutta
(C) Ogo amar chiro ochena porodeshi (C) Vikram
(D) Nishitho sayone bhebe rakhi mone (D) Ratneswar

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28–II X–4
11. “Ogo tomar chokkhu diye” belongs to which 16. ‘Sangeet Raja’ is written by
‘Paryay’? (A) Rana Kumbha
(A) Puja (B) Somnath
(B) Prem (C) Ahobal
(C) Prakriti (D) Ramamatya
(D) Anusthanik

17. Bharata Muni mentioned Rasas
12. The 35 Talas of Karnatic music known as
(A) 7
(A) Shadangs
(B) 8
(B) Shod Shang
(C) 9
(C) Sapta Sooladi talas
(D) 10
(D) Dhruv talas

13. Which of the following is not a Jati of Shruti? 18. ‘Soot’ Alankara is related to
(A) Deepta (A) Vocal
(B) Ayata (B) Dance
(C) Karuna (C) Instrument
(D) Kalopanata (D) Drama

14. How many Khalis are there in ‘Adachartal’?
19. Sarangdev mentioned no. of Deshi Talas
(A) 2
(A) 120
(B) 3
(B) 130
(C) 4
(C) 140
(D) 1
(D) 150

15. ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ is the highest award in South
India giving by 20. ‘Crescendo’is a term means
(A) Ravindra Bharati (Hyderabad) (A) Gradually getting louder
(B) Music Academy (Madras) (B) Singing
(C) Chitra Kala Mandir (Trivendrum) (C) Loving
(D) Narada Gana Sabha (Chennai) (D) Becoming very lively

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X–5 28–II
21. Narada Muni has written 26. Which place of the following is associated with
(A) Siksha Purbi style of Thumri?
(B) Ragamalika (A) Lucknow
(C) Abhinava Raga Manjari (B) Delhi
(D) Raga Tarangini (C) Jaipur
(D) Banaras

27. Which one is the Sandhiprakash raga of the
following?
22. ‘Allegro’ means
(A) Puriya Kalyan
(A) Quick
(B) Sohini
(B) Agitated
(C) Purbi
(C) Hurrying
(D) Yaman
(D) Tenderly

28. Who popularised the Raganga System of raga
classification?
(A) Bhatkhanda
23. ‘Aesthetics and Criticism’ is written by (B) V. D. Paluskar
(A) Harold Osborn (C) Narayan Moreswar Khare
(B) Plato (D) Narayan Rao Joshi
(C) Aristotle
(D) Herbert Spensor

29. Which one is the correct Bols of Masit Khani Gat?
(A) Dir Da Dir Da Ra Da Da Ra
(B) Dir Dir Da –Ra Da –Ra Dir
(C) Da Dir Da Ra Da Dir Da Ra
24. ‘The History of Music’ is written by (D) Da Ra Dir Da Ra Dir Da Ra
(A) Cecil Gray
(B) Harold Osborn
(C) T. S. Eliot 30. Western musical term compound Triple time
(D) Benedetto Croce means
3
(A)
8

6
(B)
8
25. ‘The Beautiful in Music’ is written by
9
(A) Edward Hanslick (C)
8
(B) James Jeans
(C) Benjamin Jowett 12
(D)
(D) Louis Harp 8

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28–II X–6
31. The scale ‘A’ major has sharps — 36. Mention the name of the Rabindrasangeet
(A) 3 exponent.
(B) 4 (A) Bhismadev Chattopadhyay
(C) 5 (B) Malati Ghoshal
(D) 6 (C) Gouriprasanna
(D) Dhiren Mitra

32. Which scale has no sharp? 37. Tagore’s ‘Balmiki Pratibha’ is a
(A) C major (A) Drama
(B) C# major (B) Geetinatya
(C) B major (C) Nrityanatya
(D) D major (D) Rituranga

38. Which song was written by Tagore after the death
33. ‘Viprakirna Prabandhas’ are in number —
of Raja Rammohan Roy?
(A) 8
(A) Sharbo khorbo tare dohe
(B) 32
(B) Ke jay amrito dham jatri
(C) 36
(C) Porobashi chole esho ghare
(D) 44
(D) Keno re ei duartuku

34. Who was the eldest among? 39. Which song is not composed in ‘Dhrupad’ style?
(A) Rabindranath (A) Maha viswe mahakashe
(B) Atulprosad Sen (B) Mandire momo ke
(C) Rajanikanta Sen (C) Prothomo adi tobo shakti
(D) Dilip Kr. Roy (D) Jagote tumi raja

35. Who among the following was a renowned 40. ‘Duare dao more rakhia’ song is composed in
Santoor player? which tala?
(A) Ustad Bismillah Khan (A) Jhampak
(B) Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (B) Shasthi
(C) Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (C) Ekadashi
(D) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (D) Nabatal

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X–7 28–II
41. Name the song written by Tagore on the death of 46. Number of Ashtapadis in Gitagovindam are
Dinendranath Tagore. (A) 12
(A) O Bhai, Kanai, kare janai (B) 40
(B) Hay, hay, hay, din chole jay (C) 24
(C) Moron-sagor pare tomra omar (D) 56
(D) Jibone joto puja

47. Which style is sung in Karnataka music?
42. ‘Aha mori mori, Mahendranindito kanti’ song is
(A) Khayal
in Dance Drama —
(B) Dhrupad
(A) Chitrangada
(C) Tappa
(B) Chandalika
(D) Kriti
(C) Shyama
(D) Natir Puja

48. How many Matras are there in Tappa Tal?
43. ‘Tyagaraja Aradhana’ festival held at (A) 15
(A) Tiruvayyar (B) 16
(B) Tiruvarur (C) 17
(C) Tiruvottiyur (D) 18
(D) Tiruttani

49. Signature tune of Akashvani is based on the Raga
44. ‘Vadya Tryam’ in Vedic period denotes (A) Mega Ranjani
(A) Veena, Flute and Tabla (B) Shiva Ranjani
(B) Violin, Nagasvaram and Tabla (C) Misra Ranjani
(C) Veena, Venu and Mridangam (D) Jana Ranjani
(D) Violin, Flute and Mridangam

50. The violinist who is equally popular in Karnataic
45. Who was the author of Bharata Bhashyam? and Hindustani music —
(A) Kallinatha (A) M. S. Gopalakrishnan
(B) Ahobala (B) K. S. Gopalakrishnan
(C) Vidyaranya (C) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(D) Nanyadeva (D) T. V. Gopalakrishnan

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28–II X–8
51. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam used to play the 56. Palghat Mani Iyer was a great
instrument — (A) Vainika (Veena player)
(A) Sitar (B) Mridanga player
(B) Sarangi (C) Flutist
(C) Guitar (D) Violinist
(D) Veena

57. Karnatic equivalent of raga ‘Bhimplasi’ is
52. What is the first matra of ‘Taal’ known as?
(A) Todi
(A) Khali
(B) Kalyani
(B) Laya
(C) Averi
(C) Sam
(D) Vasantha
(D) Theka

58. ‘The philosophy of music’ is written by
53. The first Kriti of Muthuswami Dikshidhar —
(A) William Pole
(A) Sangaraparanam
(B) G. Revesz
(B) Todi
(C) Ebenzer Prout
(C) Bhairavi
(D) I. A. Richards
(D) Maya Malava Gowlai

54. The equivalent term for ‘Raga’ in Greek music is 59. ‘Abhinav Bharati’ is a commentry of
(A) Abhang (A) Natyasashtra
(B) Modes (B) Sangit Ratnakar
(C) Jazz (C) Sangit Samaysar
(D) Chords (D) Sangit Raj

55. Which one of the following raga Re-Ni swara are 60. Which raga of the following is not belonged to
Komal? Bhairavi thaat?
(A) Ahir Bharav (A) Bhairavi
(B) Jaunpuri (B) Malkauns
(C) Bageshri (C) Bilaskhani Todi
(D) Poorvi (D) Jogia

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X–9 28–II
61. Hamid Hussain Khan was associated with 66. Choose the odd one of the following:
(A) Sarangi (A) Dhamar
(B) Flute (B) Ada Choutal
(C) Sitar (C) Jhumra
(D) Khayal (D) Pancham Sawari

67. In which raga of the following, the note ‘Dha’ is
62. Who is the author of the book ‘Tantrinaad’? not used?
(A) Ravi Shankar (A) Jaunpuri
(B) K. C. D. Brihaspati (B) Bairagi
(C) Lalmani Misra (C) Gunkali
(D) Bimal Mukherjee (D) Jogia

68. ‘Hridayrama’ is a name of
63. Bhavabhatta was court musician of
(A) Tala
(A) Vijay Raghav
(B) Alankar
(B) Md. Shah
(C) Mela
(C) Ahmad Shah
(D) Jati
(D) Anup Singh

69. Who among the following was the court musician
64. Bhaskar Bua Wakhle was the disciple of of Rampur Darbar?
(A) Bade Gulam Ali and Rahmat Khan (A) Nirmal Shah
(B) Natthan Khan and Alladiya Khan (B) Imdad Khan
(C) Gulam Abbas and Abdul Karim Khan (C) Bande Ali Khan
(D) Abdul Wahid and Haider Khan (D) Wazir Khan

65. Who of the following is a representative of Jaipur 70. Which raga of the following is equivalent to
Senia Gharana of Sitar? Minor Scale?
(A) Abdul Halim Zafar Khan (A) Asawari
(B) Manilal Nag (B) Kafi
(C) Mushtaq Ali Khan (C) Bhairav
(D) Ravi Shankar (D) Desh

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28–II X–10
71. What is the meaning of the term ‘Dhari’? 76. What is the meaning of the term ‘Krintan’?
(A) Type of Geeti (A) One note with one stroke
(B) Type of Tala (B) More than one note with one stroke
(C) Type of Sangeet Sampraday (C) Type of Gat
(D) Type of Bol of Pakhawaj (D) Type of Taal

72. Mallikarjun Mansur belongs to which gharana of
the following? 77. The combination of following notes is an example
(A) Agra of which raga of the following?
(B) Jaipur Atrouli P D N S& , N D P, G M G
(C) Patiala (A) Gunkali
(D) Sahaswan (B) Ramkali
(C) Kalengra
(D) Ahir Bhairav

73. ‘Daraspiya’is the nick name of
(A) Ata Hussain Khan
(B) Vilayat Hussain Khan
78. In which chapter of ‘Sangit Ratnakara’, Sharanga
(C) Mehaboob Khan Dev described about the instrument?
(D) Yunus Hussain Khan (A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 7
(D) 6
74. Ratio of Simple Duple Time is
2
(A)
4

3 79. Indian classical music is based on
(B)
4 (A) Harmony
4 (B) Disonance
(C)
4 (C) Chord
(D) Melody
6
(D)
8

80. Which raga of the following is not belonged to
75. The term ‘Behelawa’ is related with Kalyan Thata?
(A) Dhrupad (A) Chhayanat
(B) Kirtan (B) Kedar
(C) Khayal (C) Gorakh Kalyan
(D) Tarana (D) Suddha Kalyan

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X–11 28–II
81. Who is not a sarod player of the following? 86. Second Moorchana of Shadaj Gram is
(A) Amjad Ali Khan (A) Rajani
(B) Dabir Khan (B) Uttermandra
(C) Ali Akbar Khan (C) Shudha Shadaj
(D) Buddhadev Dasgupta (D) Ashvakranta

82. Which pair of Taal has equal number of Matras? 87. Which sign represents ‘Triput Taalam’?
(A) Ada Chotal-Sultal (A) 100
(B) Roopak-Dadra (B) 1100
(C) Jhaptal-Teevra (C) 101
(D) Trital-Punjabi Tal (D) 1011

83. Who was the first to use frets on veena? 88. Which Gharanar related to ‘Fard’?
(A) Dattil (A) Lucknow
(B) Sharang Dev (B) Banaras
(C) Matang (C) Punjab
(D) Paluskar (D) Farrukhbad

84. Which one is not the part of research methodology? 89. Who is famous for ‘Gaj’ paran?
(A) Riaaj (A) Ayodya Singh
(B) Theory (B) Bhavani Singh
(C) Bibliography (C) Kudau Singh
(D) Classification and Anylysis (D) Pagal Das

85. Sudha Saveri is similar to 90. ‘Jhula’ is folk song of which state?
(A) Durga (A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Vibhas (B) Bihar
(C) Jogia (C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Jog (D) Gujarat

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3 96. Which Gharana is famous for Astang-Gayaki?
91. Laykari is known as (A) Jaipur
2
(B) Kirana
(A) Biyad
(C) Gwalior
(B) Aad
(D) Delhi
(C) Kuad
(D) Dugun

97. Who is the author of ‘Rag Tatvavibodha’?
92. How many frets are there in Achal Sitar? (A) Pt. Shrinivas
(A) 25 (B) Pt. Sharang Dev
(B) 17 (C) Pt. Ahobal
(C) 24 (D) Pt. Pundarik Vithal
(D) 18

98. Who is the author of ‘Bharat Ka Sangeet Siddhant’?
93. Which kind of instrument Surbahar is? (A) V. N. Bhatkhande
(A) Ghan Vadya (B) Premlata Sharma
(B) Tat Vadya (C) D. V. Paluskar
(C) Sushir Vadya (D) Acharya Brihaspati
(D) Avanadha Vadya

99. The instrument commonly used in South Indian
94. Pt. Rajabhiya Pochwale belongs to which Gharana? Folk Music —
(A) Agra (A) Sitar
(B) Kirana (B) Guitar
(C) Mevati (C) Pampai
(D) Gwalior (D) Harmonium

95. ‘Sangeet Sudhakar’ is the comentry of 100. Which swar have two sruties?
(A) Natyashastra (A) Rishab
(B) Sangeet Ratnakar (B) Madhyam
(C) Brihaddeshi (C) Pancham
(D) Sangit Parijat (D) Gandhar

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