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1. Greater the vibrating length of the air-column in wind instruments:
(A) halves the pitch
(B) increase the pitch
(C) less the pitch
(D) stable the pitch

2. The lakshana grandha which contains the reference to the term raga for the first time in –
(A) Natyasastram
(B) Sangita Ratnakara
(C) Sangita Samayasara
(D) Brihaddesi

3. The 35 tala system had given prominence by:
(A) Venkitarmakhi
(B) Purandaradasa
(C) Syamasastri
(D) Tyagaraja

4. Kudimivamalai musical inscription belongs to:
(A) 9th Cent
(B) 5th Cent
(C) 7th Cent
(D) 1st Cent

5. Kathakali is believed to have originated by the king of:
(A) Kottayam
(B) Kottarakkara
(C) Travancore
(D) Kozhikode

6. The Telugu play composed by Narayana Theertha:
(A) Tapati Saravana Ramanatakam
(B) Krishnaleela tharangini
(C) Seetha rama vijayam
(D) Parijatha apaharana nataka

7. The earliest lakshanakara who used the term Gamaka:
(A) Bharata
(B) Sarangadeva
(C) Mathanga
(D) Parsvadeva

8. The earliest landmark in the history of Indian music:
(A) 72 melakartha scheme
(B) emergence of the solfa syllables
(C) katapayadi formula
(D) emergence of the concept of the raga system

9. The musical form Dandika is used in:
(A) Mohiniyattam
(B) Ottamthullal
(C) Koodiyattam
(D) Kathakali

10. The prabandha ‘Sringaramanjari’’ was composed by:
(A) Purandaradasa
(B) Annammacharva
(C) Venkitamakhi
(D) Bhadrachalam Ramadas

11. “Keechaka vadham” was written by ;
(A) Unnayi warrior
(B) lrayimman Thampi
(C) Kutti kkunji Thankachi
(D) K.C .Kesava Pillai

12. Varadayya was the original name of:
(A) Kshetrajna
(B) Purandara dasar
(C) Narayana teertha
(D) Sadasiva brahmendra

13. The introductory part of the raga alapana is called:
(A) Karanam
(B) Makarini
(C) Sthayi
(D) Akshipthika

14. The author of ‘Sangita Sudhakara:
(A) Chathura Kallinatha
(B) Simha Bhupala
(C) Govindacharya
(D) Rama matya

15. Allied ragas are:
(A) Kalyani and Yamuna Kalyani
(B) Kannada and Kanada
(C) Kamboji and Yadukula Kamboji
(D) Nayaki and Darbar

16. The concluding section of a Prabandha was known as:
(A) Melapaka
(B) Dhruva
(C) Abhoga
(D) Udgraha

17. Corresponding Tevaram pan of curnatic raga Yadukula kamboji:
(A) Panchamam
(B) Kolli
(C) Sevvazhi
(D) Sadari

18. The value of antara gandhara is:
(A) 25/16
(B) 5/4
(C) 6/5
(D) 9/8

19. Number of the vivadi melas in the 72 melakartha scheme:
(A) 40
(B) 12
(C) 7
(D) 36

20. The music of the Samaveda was remembered by u technique called:
(A) Sthobhas
(B) Samantha
(C) Sama hastha
(D) Samavedi

21. The Sthayi Varna was comes under:
(A) Gamakas
(B) Taladasa pranas
(C) Alankaras
(D) Shodusangas

22. The scale of Samagana was:
(A) Downward
(B) Horizontal
(C) Upward
(D) Vertical

23. Arunagirinathar was the composer of:
(A) Thiruvempavai
(B) Thiruppavai
(C) Tevaram
(D) Thiruppugazh

24. Samanya gita is known as:
(A) Lakshana gita
(B) Sanchari gita
(C) Raganga raga lakshana gita
(D) Ghana raga gita

25. Suddangam and Layangam come under:
(A) Tevaram
(B) Thiruppugazh
(C) Thiruppavai
(D) Thiruvampavai

26. The author of Sangita Sarannrita:
(A) Parsva deva
(B) Subbarama Dikshitar
(C) Damodara
(D) King Thulaja

27. Mudra used by Iravi varman Thampi is:
(A) Syanandura
(B) Jalajanabha
(C) Vanchidasa
(D) Gopaladasa

28. Paidala Gurumurthy Sastri was a prolific composer of:
(A) Svarajati
(B) Varna
(C) Jatisvara
(D) Gita

29. The varieties of a svara are represented by:
(A) Capital letters
(B) Vowel change
(C) Dots at the top of the notes
(D) Small letters

30. The value of Nyuna sruthi interval is:
(A) 9/8
(B) 25/24
(C) 81/80
(D) 10/9

31. Total number of puns figuring in Tevaram:
(A) 21
(B) 22
(C) 36
(D) 40

32. The period of Svaramela Kalanidhi:
(A) 7th cent. A.D.
(B) 13th cent. A.D.
(C) 9th cent. A.D.
(D) 16th cent. A.D.

33. Name of the Gamaka which comes under both Rava and Jaru:
(A) Ullasitha
(B) Sphuritha
(C) Namitha
(D) Andolitha

34. An example of Tritantri Vina:
(A) Nissari vina
(B) Gatra vina
(C) Chala vina
(D) Kinnari vina

35. A Tala used in Kathakali music is equal to Khanda chapu tala in Carnatic music:
(A) Chempada
(B) Muri adantha
(C) Panchari
(D) Adantha

36. Ancient writers called Chitta tana as:
(A) Drutha sekharam
(B) Sabda Pallavi
(C) Prastharam
(D) Katakam

37. The tala which has been in use in temple rituals:
(A) Margi tala
(B) Desi tala
(C) Navasandhi tala
(D) Chachatputa tala

38. In the scheme of 5184 melas the first mela which will be mnemonically known as:
(A) Varuna subha mela
(B) Kiravani mela
(C) Kanaka kanaka mela
(D) Suddha madhyama mela

39. Astringed instrument used in folk music:
(A) Nanduni
(B) Thiruchinnam
(C) Kaichilambu
(D) Timila

40. The only Tillana in Simhanandana tala which consists of two avartas is composed by:
(A) Ramanad Srinivasa lyengar
(B) Mysore Vasudevacharya
(C) Oothukkad Venkita Subbayya
(D) Maha Vaidyanatha lyer

41. An example of paryaya mudrakara:
(A) Sadasiva Brahmendra
(B) Subbaraya Sastri
(C) Swathi Tirunal
(D) Subbarama Dikshitar

42. The title Gana Chakravarthi was given to:
(A) Annammacharya
(B) Vinakuppayyar
(C) Gopalakrishna Bharathi
(D) Mahavaidyanatha lyer

43. Composer of Nrityanataka:
(A) Melattur Venkita Ramana Sastri
(B) Tyagaraja
(C) Arunachala Kavirayar
(D) Shaji Maharaja

44. Thiruvachakam is the hymns of:
(A) Thirujnana Sambandar
(B) Thirunavukkarasu
(C) Arunagirinathar
(D) Manikya Vachagar

45. Sangitha Ratnakara consists of:
(A) 7 chapters
(B) 8 chapters
(C) 9 chapters
(D) 10 chapters

46. Panchadasa gamakas were mentioned by:
(A) Mathanga
(B) Parswadeva
(C) Bharatha
(D) Sarangadeva

47. The youngest composer in the history world music:
(A) Koteesvara Iyer
(B) Andal
(C) Thirujnana Sambandar
(D) Vadivelu

48. The Achyuta Rajendra mela veena has been mentioned for the first time in –
(A) Svaramela Kalanidhi
(B) Raga Vibhodha
(C) Chaturdandi Prakasika
(D) Sangeeta Kalpa Dhrumam

49. In the 35 tala system, the maximum number of aksharakala is in:
(A) Sankirna jati matya tala
(B) Sankirna jati jampatala
(C) Sankirna jati dhruva tala
(D) Sankirna jati ata tala

50. According to cents method, an octave is divided into:
(A) 702 cents
(B) 498 cents
(C) 1200 cents
(D) 1404 cents