9th English: The sound of Music Part 2

The................was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’

• Shehnai

• Pungi

• Sitar

• Harmonium

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........................transformed the pungi into a shehnai.

• Bismillah Khan

• Barber

• Ali Bux

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Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were...............

• barbers

• professional musicians

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Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from..................

• Ali Bux

• Paigambar Bux

• Ustad Faiyaaz Khan

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Towards which of the following did Ustad Bismillah Khan showed positive feelings. Select all the options which are true.

• getting the Bharat Ratna

• the film world

• migrating to the U.S.A.

• playing at temples

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The instrument Shehnai which got its entry in the classical music stage is a

• A Long and broad pipe with some holes

• A pipe with a natural hollow stem, longer and broader than the pungi with six holes

• A pipe like the pungi with seven holes

• A pipe with natural hollow stem ,longer and broader than pungi with seven holes

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What was the name of Bismillah's father?

• Paigambar Bux

• Ali Bux

• Rasool Bux

• Zahir Bux

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Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

• It had a shrill unpleasant sound.

• The sound of it was considered inauspicious.

• He hated the look of it.

• All of these

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Shehnai is played in temples and weddings because _________________.

• it is a tradition.

• its sound is considered auspicious.

• people love its melodious sound.

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Why did Bismillah Khan earn a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg ?

• his performance in gilli-danda

• his recital of the Bhojpuri ‘Chaita’

• his practice at the banks of Ganga

• his inventing new raagas

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