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WorksheetsSAMPADA - LEVEL 3 - Biographies
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 57mins
Which God/Goddess did Syāma Sāstry worship?
Rāma
Krishna
Venkatēswara
Kāmākshi
Which God/Goddess did Rāmadāsu worship?
Rāma
Krishna
Venkatēswara
Kāmākshi
Which God/Goddess did Annamayya worship?
Sri Rāma
Subrahmanya
Venkatēswara
Kāmākshi
Who is not part of the carnatic music trinity?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Syāma Sāstry
Rāmadāsu
Who is part of the carnatic music trinity?
Purandaradāsa
Paidala Gurumurthy Sastry
Thyāgarāja
Rāmadāsu
Who is called the 'Karnātaka Sangeetha Pitāmaha'?
Thyāgarāja
Kanakadāsa
Rāmadāsu
Purandaradāsa
Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Pithāmaha’?
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Purandaradāsa
Annamayya
Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Pithāmaha’?
(a)
Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Mārgadarsi’’?
(a)
Which composer had the title ‘Dravida Āgama Sārvabhowma’?
(a)
Which composer had the title ‘Sankīrtanācharya’?
(a)
Which composer had the title ‘‘Sankīrtanācharya’?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Purandaradāsa
Tāllapāka Annamāchārya
Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Mārgadarsi’?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Syāma Sāstry
Tāllapāka Annamāchārya
Which composer had the title ‘Dravida Āgama Sārvabhowma’?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Annamāchārya
Pedda Tirumalāchārya
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Which of the following is the birthplace of Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu?
Tiruvārūr
Nēlakondapalli
Tāllapāka
Bhadrāchalam
Which of the following is the birthplace of Thyāgarāja?
Chennai
Tiruvārūr
Tiruvaiyyār
Thanjāvūr
Which of the following is the birthplace of Syāma Sāstry?
Tiruvārūr
Chennai
Tiruvaiyyār
Thanjāvūr
Which of the following is the birthplace of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?
Thanjāvūr
Tiruvaiyyār
Tirupathi
Tiruvārūr
Which of the following is the birthplace of Tāllapāka Annamayya?
Tiruvārūr
Nēlakondapalli
Tāllapāka
Tirupathi
Which of the following is the birthplace of Annamāchārya?
Tiruvārūr
Nēlakondapalli
Tirupathi
Tāllapāka
Which year (A.D) was Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu born in?
1408
1620
1767
1847
Which year (A.D) was Annamayya born in?
1408
1620
1767
1847
Which composer lived during the reign of Abdul Tanāsha and Abul Hasan Tānīsha?
Tāllapāka Annamayya
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu is also known as or had an original name of:
Gōlconda Rāmadāsu
Kancharla Gōpanna
Nēlakondapalli Rāmadāsu
Kancharla Rāmadāsu
The composer who had Rāmabrahmam and Sītamma as parents is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Syāma Sāstry
Rāmadāsu
Which composer is considered a disciple of Saint Kabīrdās?
Tāllapāka Annamayya
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Thyāgarāja
The composer who had Lingana mantri and Kamalāmba as parents is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Syāma Sāstry
Rāmadāsu
What is the Mudra of Thyāgarāja?
(a)
The composer who had Nārāyana Sūri and Lakkamāmba as parents is:
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Syāma Sāstry
Rāmadāsu
What is the 'Mudra' of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?
(a)
What is the 'Mudra' of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?
Muthuswāmy
Guruguha
Syāmakrishna Sōdari
Kāmākshi
Which of the following is NOT a 'Mudra' of Syāma Sāstry?
Syāmakrishna Nuta
Kāmākshi
Syāmakrishna Sōdari
Syāmakrishna Vinuta
The composer that attained mōksha prāpti in 1503 A.D at the age of 95 years, is
(a)
Thyāgarāja was named after the following God:
Rāma
Krishna
Siva
Vishnu
What is the 'Mudra' of Annamayya?
Nārāyana
Guruguha
Venkatēswara
Tirumalēsa
Whose compositions have pallavi and 3 charanās and do not have an anupallavi
(a)
What is the 'Mudra' of Annamayya?
(a)
Veena Kuppayyer was a disciple of (a)
Which composer’s musical style was compared to Kadalīpāka (banana or plantain fruit for which we have to peel off the skin)?
Annamayya
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Akkanna and Mādanna were maternal uncles of which composer?
(a)
Which composer’s musical style was compared to Nārikēlapāka (coconut for one has to rind, crack the shell and remove the pulp to eat/relish)?
Annamayya
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Which composer’s mastery over laya won the accolades of the Tanjōre King Tulaja?
Annamayya
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who composed nine group krithis called ‘Meenākshi Navaratna Mālika’ when he visited Pudukkottai?
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Whose krithi composition is Ānandāmruthakarshini in the rāga Amrithavarshini?
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
"Sreenāthādi Guruguhō" was the first krithi composition in the Māyāmālavagowla rāga of which composer?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
How many categories are Annamayya’s Sankirtanās classified into
(a)
Who is the eldest of the Carnatic Music Trinity?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who is the youngest of the Carnatic Music Trinity?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
What is the kāla that Syāma Sāstry used mostly for his compositions
(a)
Which of the following is not a category or classification of Annamayya’s Sankirtanās?
Sringāra Sankirtanās
Ādhyātma Sankirtanās
Bhōga Sankirtanās
Vairāgya Sankirtanās
How many categories or classifications are Annamayya’s Sankirtanās classified into?
Two
Four
Three
Five
Who introduced the instrument Violin to Carnatic Music?
Muttuswāmy Deekshitar
Bālāswāmy Deekshitar
Rāmaswāmy Deekshitar
East India Company
Who is Mutthuswāmy Deekshitar’s father?
Krishnaswāmy Deekshitar
Bālāswāmy Deekshitar
Rāmaswāmy Deekshitar
Ramana Deekshitar
The composer that was born on Vaisākha Suddha Sasti of the Sarvajith Nāma Samvatsara, corresponding to 4th May, 1767, is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
The composer that attained Samādhi on Pushya Bahula Panchami of the Prabhava Nāma Samvatsara, corresponding to 6th January, 1847, is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
The composer that attained mōksha prāpti in 1503 A.D at the age of 95 years, is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Thyāgarāja learnt higher level of music from the following Guru:
Saint Kabīrdās
Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah
Sage Nārada
Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras
Because of creativity, the musician that was called ‘Thyāgabrahma’ is:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Thyāgarāja was named after the following deity of the temple of Tiruvārūr, the place of his birth:
Muthukumāra Swāmy
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Thyāgabrahma
Tiruvārūr Swāmy
Muttuswāmy Deekshitar was named after the following deity of the temple of Vaidheeswaran:
Muthukumāra Swāmy
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Deekshitar Swāmy
Tiruvārūr Swāmy
The original name and the name with which Syāma Sāstry’s father used to call him:
Syāma Krishna
Kāmākshi
Venkata Subrahmanyam
Guruguha
The name with which Syāma Sāstry’s mother used to call him:
Syāma Krishna
Kāmākshi
Venkata Subrahmanyam
Guruguha
The name with which Syāma Sāstry’s Guru, Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya, used to call him:
Syāma Krishna
Kāmākshi
Venkata Subrahmanyam
Guruguha
Pacchimiriyam
Who is Syāma Sāstry’s Guru?
Saint Kabīrdās
Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras
Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah
Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya
Who presented the musical treatise ‘Swarārnavam’ to Thyāgarāja
Sage Nārada
Sri Rāma, the God that he loved through out his life
Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah, his Guru
Thyāgarāja Swamy, the deity of the temple of Tiruvārūr
Who gave the Srīvidya Mantra to Muttuswāmy Deekshitar?
Saint Kabīrdās
Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras
Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah
Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya
Who gave the Rāmanāma Mantra to Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu?
Tammala Dammakka
Chidambaranātha Yōgi
Saint Kabīrdās
Sri Rāma
Who gave the Narasimha Mantra to Annamayya?
Lord Venkatēswara
Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāres
Saint Kabīrdās
Srī Narasimha Swāmy, the Ahōbila temple deity
Who sang the krithi ‘Nidhi Chālā Sukhamā Rāmuni Sannidhi Sēva Sukhamā’?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
How many (approximate) krithīs did Thyāgarāja believed to have composed?
32,000
24,000
12,000
700
How many gēya nātakās (operas) did Thyāgarāja compose?
Two
None
Three
One
How many (approximate) Sankīrtanās did Annamayya believed to have composed?
32,000
24,000
12,000
30,000
How many ghana rāga krithīs did Thyāgarāja compose?
Two
Five
Three
Four
Which Tāla are all the ghana rāga krithīs that Thyāgarāja composed sung in?
Rūpaka
Ādi
Chāpu
Dhruva
What is the rāga of the krithī ‘Endarō Mahānubhāvulu’ that Thyāgarāja composed?
Nāta
Gowla
Ārabhi
Varāli
Srī
What is the rāga of the krithī ‘Sadhinchenē’ that Thyāgarāja composed?
Nāta
Gowla
Ārabhi
Varāli
Srī
What of the following is not a rāga in which Thyāgarāja composed Ghana Raga Pancharatna Krithīs?
Chalanāta
Gowla
Ārabhi
Varāli
Srī
Who composed the following Pancharatnās on the deities of punya kshētrās (sacred places): Nārada Pancharatnās, Tiruvottiyur Pancharatnās, Kōvur Pancharatnās, Srīranga Pancharatnās?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who composed the Navagraha Krithis?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who composed two Satakās (200 songs) in praise of Goddess Padmāvathi at the age of eight?
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Annamayya
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who wrote a musical treatise ‘Sankīrtana Lakshanam’ in Sanskrit?
Annamayya
Thyāgarāja
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Who composed ‘Dēsi Sūlādi Prabhandam’ in Telugu that had all its charanās set in different rāgās and tālās ?
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Muthuswāmy Deekshitar
Thyāgarāja
Syāma Sāstry
Annamayya
Annamayya compositions have the following structure:
Pallavi and three Charanās and no Anupallavi
Pallavi, Anupallavi and one Charanās
Pallavi, Anupallavi and two Charanās
Pallavi, Anupallavi and three Charanās
Who built a temple over the Samādhi of Thyāgarāja?
Tiruvayyur Nāgalakshmi
Bangalore Nāgaratnamma
Veena Kuppayyer, Thyāgarāja's disciple
Tiruvattiyur Thyāgayyer, the son of Veena Kuppayyer
Who established the Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival in Thyāgarāja’s memory?
Bangalore Nāgaratnamma
Tiruvayyur Nāgalakshmi
Veena Kuppayyer, Thyāgarāja's disciple
Tiruvattiyur Thyāgayyer, the son of Veena Kuppayyer
What event is conducted annually on Pushya Bahula Panchami in Tiruvayyur?
Thyāgarāja Jayanthi (Birthday)
Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival
Sri Rāma Navami
Thyāgarāja Utsavam
Which place is the event Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival conducted annually on Pushya Bahula Panchami?
Tirupathi
Tiruvārūr
Tiruvayyur
Thanjāvūr
The type of Bhakti using which Syāma Sāstry’s tried to seek the grace of the Goddess Kāmākshi is:
Madhura Bhakti
Vātsalya Bhakti
Sānta Bhakti
Sakhya Bhakti
Dāsya Bhakti
The rasa that pervades all of Syāma Sāstry’s krithis is:
Karuna rasa
Vātsalya rasa
Sānta rasa
Karuna rasa
Using which tāla did Syāma Sāstry defeat a great musician Bobbili Kesavayya that sang using the big tālam ‘Simhanandana’
(a)
What is the Syāma Sāstry’s favorite rāga?
Sankarābharanam
Ānanda Bhairavi
Amrithavarshini
Bhairavi
What is the kāla that Syāma Sāstry used mostly for his compositions?
Madhyama kāla
Vilamba kāla
Duritha kāla
Akshara kāla
What project did Tirumala Tirupathi Dēvasthānam establish to bring out and popularize Annamayya’s compositions?
Vāggēyakāra Project
Annamayya Project
Divyanāma Sankeertana Project
Tāllapāka Project
Who was Bhadrāchalam named after, according to the Hindu Purānās?
Lord Vishnu
Bhadra, a devotee of Lord Vishnu
Mēru Parvatham (the Great Mountain)
Sri Rāma
The composer who sang the krithi 'Tāraka Mantramu Korina Dorakenu' in the rāga Dhanyāsi:
Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu
Thyāgarāja Swāmy
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Annamayya
What job did his maternal uncles Akkanna and Mādanna appoint Rāmadāsu into:
Tahasildār
Tānisha of Golconda
Head Priest of Bhadrāchalam
Tānisha of Bhadrāchalam
Thyāgarāja's mother used to sing the compositions of which composer?
Nārada
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Nārayana Theertha
Bammera Pothana
Which composer's paternal grandfather was Girirāja Kavi, a poet and musician, that was born in Kākarla village of Prakāsam District of Andhra Pradesh state?
Syāma Sāstry
Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu
Thyāgarāja
Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu
Who did Thyāgarāja learn playing Veena from?
His maternal grand father Kālahastayya
His paternal grand father Girirāja Kavi
His father Rāmabrahmam
His mother Sīthamma
Where did Thyāgarāja spend major part of his life?
Tiruvārūr
Chennai
Tiruvaiyyār
Thanjāvūr
