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SAMPADA - LEVEL 3 - Biographies

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which God/Goddess did Syāma Sāstry worship?

a)

Rāma

b)

Krishna

c)

Venkatēswara

d)

Kāmākshi

2.

Which God/Goddess did Rāmadāsu worship?

a)

Rāma

b)

Krishna

c)

Venkatēswara

d)

Kāmākshi

3.

Which God/Goddess did Annamayya worship?

a)

Sri Rāma

b)

Subrahmanya

c)

Venkatēswara

d)

Kāmākshi

4.

Who is not part of the carnatic music trinity?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Rāmadāsu

5.

Who is part of the carnatic music trinity?

a)

Purandaradāsa

b)

Paidala Gurumurthy Sastry

c)

Thyāgarāja

d)

Rāmadāsu

6.

Who is called the 'Karnātaka Sangeetha Pitāmaha'?

a)

Thyāgarāja

b)

Kanakadāsa

c)

Rāmadāsu

d)

Purandaradāsa

7.

Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Pithāmaha’?

a)

Thyāgarāja

b)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

c)

Purandaradāsa

d)

Annamayya

8.

Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Pithāmaha’?

(a)  

9.

Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Mārgadarsi’’?

(a)  

10.

Which composer had the title ‘Dravida Āgama Sārvabhowma’?

(a)  

11.

Which composer had the title ‘Sankīrtanācharya’?

(a)  

12.

Which composer had the title ‘‘Sankīrtanācharya’?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

c)

Purandaradāsa

d)

Tāllapāka Annamāchārya

13.

Which composer had the title ‘Padakavithā Mārgadarsi’?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Tāllapāka Annamāchārya

14.

Which composer had the title ‘Dravida Āgama Sārvabhowma’?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Annamāchārya

c)

Pedda Tirumalāchārya

d)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

15.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu?

a)

Tiruvārūr

b)

Nēlakondapalli

c)

Tāllapāka

d)

Bhadrāchalam

16.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Thyāgarāja?

a)

Chennai

b)

Tiruvārūr

c)

Tiruvaiyyār

d)

Thanjāvūr

17.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Syāma Sāstry?

a)

Tiruvārūr

b)

Chennai

c)

Tiruvaiyyār

d)

Thanjāvūr

18.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?

a)

Thanjāvūr

b)

Tiruvaiyyār

c)

Tirupathi

d)

Tiruvārūr

19.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Tāllapāka Annamayya?

a)

Tiruvārūr

b)

Nēlakondapalli

c)

Tāllapāka

d)

Tirupathi

20.

Which of the following is the birthplace of Annamāchārya?

a)

Tiruvārūr

b)

Nēlakondapalli

c)

Tirupathi

d)

Tāllapāka

21.

Which year (A.D) was Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu born in?

a)

1408

b)

1620

c)

1767

d)

1847

22.

Which year (A.D) was Annamayya born in?

a)

1408

b)

1620

c)

1767

d)

1847

23.

Which composer lived during the reign of Abdul Tanāsha and Abul Hasan Tānīsha?

a)

Tāllapāka Annamayya

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

d)

Thyāgarāja

24.

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu is also known as or had an original name of:

a)

Gōlconda Rāmadāsu

b)

Kancharla Gōpanna

c)

Nēlakondapalli Rāmadāsu

d)

Kancharla Rāmadāsu

25.

The composer who had Rāmabrahmam and Sītamma as parents is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Rāmadāsu

26.

Which composer is considered a disciple of Saint Kabīrdās?

a)

Tāllapāka Annamayya

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

d)

Thyāgarāja

27.

The composer who had Lingana mantri and Kamalāmba as parents is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Rāmadāsu

28.

What is the Mudra of Thyāgarāja?

(a)  

29.

The composer who had Nārāyana Sūri and Lakkamāmba as parents is:

a)

Annamayya

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Rāmadāsu

30.

What is the 'Mudra' of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?

(a)  

31.

What is the 'Mudra' of Muthuswāmy Deekshitar?

a)

Muthuswāmy

b)

Guruguha

c)

Syāmakrishna Sōdari

d)

Kāmākshi

32.

Which of the following is NOT a 'Mudra' of Syāma Sāstry?

a)

Syāmakrishna Nuta

b)

Kāmākshi

c)

Syāmakrishna Sōdari

d)

Syāmakrishna Vinuta

33.

The composer that attained mōksha prāpti in 1503 A.D at the age of 95 years, is

(a)  

34.

Thyāgarāja was named after the following God:

a)

Rāma

b)

Krishna

c)

Siva

d)

Vishnu

35.

What is the 'Mudra' of Annamayya?

a)

Nārāyana

b)

Guruguha

c)

Venkatēswara

d)

Tirumalēsa

36.

Whose compositions have pallavi and 3 charanās and do not have an anupallavi

(a)  

37.

What is the 'Mudra' of Annamayya?

(a)  

38.

Veena Kuppayyer was a disciple of (a)  

39.

Which composer’s musical style was compared to Kadalīpāka (banana or plantain fruit for which we have to peel off the skin)?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

40.

Akkanna and Mādanna were maternal uncles of which composer?

(a)  

41.

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)?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

42.

Which composer’s mastery over laya won the accolades of the Tanjōre King Tulaja?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

43.

Who composed nine group krithis called ‘Meenākshi Navaratna Mālika’ when he visited Pudukkottai?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

44.

Whose krithi composition is Ānandāmruthakarshini in the rāga Amrithavarshini?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

45.

"Sreenāthādi Guruguhō" was the first krithi composition in the Māyāmālavagowla rāga of which composer?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Annamayya

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

46.

How many categories are Annamayya’s Sankirtanās classified into

(a)  

47.

Who is the eldest of the Carnatic Music Trinity?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Annamayya

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

48.

Who is the youngest of the Carnatic Music Trinity?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Annamayya

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

49.

What is the kāla that Syāma Sāstry used mostly for his compositions

(a)  

50.

Which of the following is not a category or classification of Annamayya’s Sankirtanās?

a)

Sringāra Sankirtanās

b)

Ādhyātma Sankirtanās

c)

Bhōga Sankirtanās

d)

Vairāgya Sankirtanās

51.

How many categories or classifications are Annamayya’s Sankirtanās classified into?

a)

Two

b)

Four

c)

Three

d)

Five

52.

Who introduced the instrument Violin to Carnatic Music?

a)

Muttuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Bālāswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Rāmaswāmy Deekshitar

d)

East India Company

53.

Who is Mutthuswāmy Deekshitar’s father?

a)

Krishnaswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Bālāswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Rāmaswāmy Deekshitar

d)

Ramana Deekshitar

54.

The composer that was born on Vaisākha Suddha Sasti of the Sarvajith Nāma Samvatsara, corresponding to 4th May, 1767, is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Annamayya

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

55.

The composer that attained Samādhi on Pushya Bahula Panchami of the Prabhava Nāma Samvatsara, corresponding to 6th January, 1847, is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

56.

The composer that attained mōksha prāpti in 1503 A.D at the age of 95 years, is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

57.

Thyāgarāja learnt higher level of music from the following Guru:

a)

Saint Kabīrdās

b)

Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah

c)

Sage Nārada

d)

Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras

58.

Because of creativity, the musician that was called ‘Thyāgabrahma’ is:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

59.

Thyāgarāja was named after the following deity of the temple of Tiruvārūr, the place of his birth:

a)

Muthukumāra Swāmy

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Thyāgabrahma

d)

Tiruvārūr Swāmy

60.

Muttuswāmy Deekshitar was named after the following deity of the temple of Vaidheeswaran:

a)

Muthukumāra Swāmy

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Deekshitar Swāmy

d)

Tiruvārūr Swāmy

61.

The original name and the name with which Syāma Sāstry’s father used to call him:

a)

Syāma Krishna

b)

Kāmākshi

c)

Venkata Subrahmanyam

d)

Guruguha

62.

The name with which Syāma Sāstry’s mother used to call him:

a)

Syāma Krishna

b)

Kāmākshi

c)

Venkata Subrahmanyam

d)

Guruguha

63.

The name with which Syāma Sāstry’s Guru, Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya, used to call him:

a)

Syāma Krishna

b)

Kāmākshi

c)

Venkata Subrahmanyam

d)

Guruguha

e)

Pacchimiriyam

64.

Who is Syāma Sāstry’s Guru?

a)

Saint Kabīrdās

b)

Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras

c)

Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah

d)

Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya

65.

Who presented the musical treatise ‘Swarārnavam’ to Thyāgarāja

a)

Sage Nārada

b)

Sri Rāma, the God that he loved through out his life

c)

Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah, his Guru

d)

Thyāgarāja Swamy, the deity of the temple of Tiruvārūr

66.

Who gave the Srīvidya Mantra to Muttuswāmy Deekshitar?

a)

Saint Kabīrdās

b)

Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāras

c)

Sonti Venkata Ramanaiah

d)

Pacchimiriyam Adi Appayya

67.

Who gave the Rāmanāma Mantra to Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu?

a)

Tammala Dammakka

b)

Chidambaranātha Yōgi

c)

Saint Kabīrdās

d)

Sri Rāma

68.

Who gave the Narasimha Mantra to Annamayya?

a)

Lord Venkatēswara

b)

Chidambaranātha Yōgi of Benāres

c)

Saint Kabīrdās

d)

Srī Narasimha Swāmy, the Ahōbila temple deity

69.

Who sang the krithi ‘Nidhi Chālā Sukhamā Rāmuni Sannidhi Sēva Sukhamā’?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Syāma Sāstry

c)

Annamayya

d)

Thyāgarāja

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

70.

How many (approximate) krithīs did Thyāgarāja believed to have composed?

a)

32,000

b)

24,000

c)

12,000

d)

700

71.

How many gēya nātakās (operas) did Thyāgarāja compose?

a)

Two

b)

None

c)

Three

d)

One

72.

How many (approximate) Sankīrtanās did Annamayya believed to have composed?

a)

32,000

b)

24,000

c)

12,000

d)

30,000

73.

How many ghana rāga krithīs did Thyāgarāja compose?

a)

Two

b)

Five

c)

Three

d)

Four

74.

Which Tāla are all the ghana rāga krithīs that Thyāgarāja composed sung in?

a)

Rūpaka

b)

Ādi

c)

Chāpu

d)

Dhruva

75.

What is the rāga of the krithī ‘Endarō Mahānubhāvulu’ that Thyāgarāja composed?

a)

Nāta

b)

Gowla

c)

Ārabhi

d)

Varāli

e)

Srī

76.

What is the rāga of the krithī ‘Sadhinchenē’ that Thyāgarāja composed?

a)

Nāta

b)

Gowla

c)

Ārabhi

d)

Varāli

e)

Srī

77.

What of the following is not a rāga in which Thyāgarāja composed Ghana Raga Pancharatna Krithīs?

a)

Chalanāta

b)

Gowla

c)

Ārabhi

d)

Varāli

e)

Srī

78.

Who composed the following Pancharatnās on the deities of punya kshētrās (sacred places): Nārada Pancharatnās, Tiruvottiyur Pancharatnās, Kōvur Pancharatnās, Srīranga Pancharatnās?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

79.

Who composed the Navagraha Krithis?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

80.

Who composed two Satakās (200 songs) in praise of Goddess Padmāvathi at the age of eight?

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Annamayya

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

81.

Who wrote a musical treatise ‘Sankīrtana Lakshanam’ in Sanskrit?

a)

Annamayya

b)

Thyāgarāja

c)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

82.

Who composed ‘Dēsi Sūlādi Prabhandam’ in Telugu that had all its charanās set in different rāgās and tālās ?

a)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

b)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitar

c)

Thyāgarāja

d)

Syāma Sāstry

e)

Annamayya

83.

Annamayya compositions have the following structure:

a)

Pallavi and three Charanās and no Anupallavi

b)

Pallavi, Anupallavi and one Charanās

c)

Pallavi, Anupallavi and two Charanās

d)

Pallavi, Anupallavi and three Charanās

84.

Who built a temple over the Samādhi of Thyāgarāja?

a)

Tiruvayyur Nāgalakshmi

b)

Bangalore Nāgaratnamma

c)

Veena Kuppayyer, Thyāgarāja's disciple

d)

Tiruvattiyur Thyāgayyer, the son of Veena Kuppayyer

85.

Who established the Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival in Thyāgarāja’s memory?

a)

Bangalore Nāgaratnamma

b)

Tiruvayyur Nāgalakshmi

c)

Veena Kuppayyer, Thyāgarāja's disciple

d)

Tiruvattiyur Thyāgayyer, the son of Veena Kuppayyer

86.

What event is conducted annually on Pushya Bahula Panchami in Tiruvayyur?

a)

Thyāgarāja Jayanthi (Birthday)

b)

Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival

c)

Sri Rāma Navami

d)

Thyāgarāja Utsavam

87.

Which place is the event Thyāgarāja Āradhana Festival conducted annually on Pushya Bahula Panchami?

a)

Tirupathi

b)

Tiruvārūr

c)

Tiruvayyur

d)

Thanjāvūr

88.

The type of Bhakti using which Syāma Sāstry’s tried to seek the grace of the Goddess Kāmākshi is:

a)

Madhura Bhakti

b)

Vātsalya Bhakti

c)

Sānta Bhakti

d)

Sakhya Bhakti

e)

Dāsya Bhakti

89.

The rasa that pervades all of Syāma Sāstry’s krithis is:

a)

Karuna rasa

b)

Vātsalya rasa

c)

Sānta rasa

d)

Karuna rasa

90.

Using which tāla did Syāma Sāstry defeat a great musician Bobbili Kesavayya that sang using the big tālam ‘Simhanandana’

(a)  

91.

What is the Syāma Sāstry’s favorite rāga?

a)

Sankarābharanam

b)

Ānanda Bhairavi

c)

Amrithavarshini

d)

Bhairavi

92.

What is the kāla that Syāma Sāstry used mostly for his compositions?

a)

Madhyama kāla

b)

Vilamba kāla

c)

Duritha kāla

d)

Akshara kāla

93.

What project did Tirumala Tirupathi Dēvasthānam establish to bring out and popularize Annamayya’s compositions?

a)

Vāggēyakāra Project

b)

Annamayya Project

c)

Divyanāma Sankeertana Project

d)

Tāllapāka Project

94.

Who was Bhadrāchalam named after, according to the Hindu Purānās?

a)

Lord Vishnu

b)

Bhadra, a devotee of Lord Vishnu

c)

Mēru Parvatham (the Great Mountain)

d)

Sri Rāma

95.

The composer who sang the krithi 'Tāraka Mantramu Korina Dorakenu' in the rāga Dhanyāsi:

a)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu

b)

Thyāgarāja Swāmy

c)

Syāma Sāstry

d)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

e)

Annamayya

96.

What job did his maternal uncles Akkanna and Mādanna appoint Rāmadāsu into:

a)

Tahasildār

b)

Tānisha of Golconda

c)

Head Priest of Bhadrāchalam

d)

Tānisha of Bhadrāchalam

97.

Thyāgarāja's mother used to sing the compositions of which composer?

a)

Nārada

b)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

c)

Nārayana Theertha

d)

Bammera Pothana

98.

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?

a)

Syāma Sāstry

b)

Bhadrāchala Rāmadāsu

c)

Thyāgarāja

d)

Muthuswāmy Deekshitulu

99.

Who did Thyāgarāja learn playing Veena from?

a)

His maternal grand father Kālahastayya

b)

His paternal grand father Girirāja Kavi

c)

His father Rāmabrahmam

d)

His mother Sīthamma

100.

Where did Thyāgarāja spend major part of his life?

a)

Tiruvārūr

b)

Chennai

c)

Tiruvaiyyār

d)

Thanjāvūr