LECTURER IN VIOLIN

PROVISIONAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 81/2016/OL
Category Code: 233/2015
Exam: Lecturer in Violin
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 29-11-2016
Alphacode A
Question1:-Grand oldman of India
A:-Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B:-Dadabhai Naoroji
C:-Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D:-Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question2:-Founder of Forward Bloc
A:-C.R. Das
B:-Annie Besant
C:-Subhash Chandra Bose
D:-Captain Lakshmi
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question3:-Indian National Congress was established in
A:-1909
B:-1885
C:-1914
D:-1857
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question4:-The national leader who participated all the three Round Table Conference
A:-Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B:-Jawaharlal Nehru
C:-Mahatma Gandhi
D:-Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question5:-“Anushilan Samithi” the revolutionary organisation was started in which state ?
A:-Bihar
B:-Kerala
C:-Gujarat
D:-Bengal
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question6:-“Relief of Lucknow” related to which category ?
A:-An organisation
B:-Painting
C:-Book
D:-A holy place
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question7:-An example for rainshadow region
A:-Alappuzha
B:-Kozhikode
C:-Palakkad
D:-Kannur
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question8:-Who introduced “People’s Plan” ?
A:-Gandhiji
B:-Patel
C:-M.N. Roy
D:-Nehru
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question9:-Which one of the following is a Himalayan river ?
A:-Narmada
B:-Brahmaputra
C:-Tapti
D:-Godavari
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question10:-“Indira Awas Yojana” is related to
A:-Poverty Irradication Programme
B:-Road Security Programme
C:-Health Programme
D:-Religious Programme
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question11:-Founder of the ‘Sadhu Jana Paripalana Yogam’
A:-Chattampi Swami
B:-Sree Naraya Guru
C:-Ayyankali
D:-Mannathu Padmanabhan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question12:-‘Atmavidya Sangham’ movement was founded by
A:-Ayya Vaikundar
B:-Blessed Kuriakose Elia Chavara
C:-Vaghbhatananda
D:-Kumara Guru
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question13:-Which poem won for Kumarnasan immortal fame as a great poet or Mahakavi ?
A:-Chandala Bhikshuki
B:-Vina Puvu
C:-Karuna
D:-Duravastha
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question14:-Father of Renaissance in Kerala.
A:-Sree Narayana Guru
B:-V.T. Battathirippad
C:-Thycand Ayya
D:-Vakkom Moulavi
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question15:-Who organised ‘the Savarna Jatha’ ?
A:-Pandit Karuppan
B:-T.K. Madhavan
C:-Mannath Padmanabhan
D:-Dr. Palpu
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question16:-The person who nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha from cinema field
A:-Innocent
B:-Mukesh
C:-Suresh Gopi
D:-Ganesh
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question17:-Vijendar Singh is related to
A:-Tennis
B:-Kabaddi
C:-Boxing
D:-Hockey
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question18:-Who among the following is a National Award winner in Cinema ?
A:-Jagathi Sreekumar
B:-Salim Kumar
C:-Indrans
D:-Harisree Asokan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question19:-“Operation Sankad Mochan” related to save Indians from
A:-Sudan
B:-Utharakhant
C:-Syria
D:-Iraq
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question20:-Angiology is the study of
A:-Blood clotting
B:-Cerebral haemorrhage
C:-Blood Vessels
D:-Block in heart
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question21:-A musician who used a seven string Violin instead of the usual four string Violin in Carnatic music ?
A:-Mysore Venkitagiriyappa
B:-Dwaram Venkitaswami Naidu
C:-Trikkodikkavil Krisha Iyer
D:-Mysore Chowdiah
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question22:-Development of raga alapana is known as
A:-Vardhani
B:-Makarini
C:-Akshiptika
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question23:-The wood which is used to make Violin
A:-Neem tree
B:-Black wood
C:-Maple tree
D:-Sheesham
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question24:-Sambho Mahadeva in Pantuvarali is a
A:-Lalgudi Pancharatnam
B:-Tiruvottiyur Pancharatnam
C:-Venkatesa Pancharatnam
D:-Vijayaraghava Pancharatnam
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question25:-Sympathetic overtones produced in musical instruments are called
A:-Symphony
B:-Amplitude
C:-Timbre
D:-Harmonics
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question26:-The Suddhamadhyama mela of Latangi
A:-Sarasangi
B:-Charukesi
C:-Kiravani
D:-Kanakangi
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question27:-A well known Hindustani Violinist who hails from Kerala
A:-A. Kanyakumari
B:-T. Rugmini
C:-N. Rajam
D:-M. Chandrasekharan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question28:-Mela name of Bana-Sri
A:-Subhapantuvarali
B:-Charukesi
C:-Mayamalavagaula
D:-Shadvidhamargini
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question29:-Papanasam Sivan composed the song
A:-Anandanatamatuvar
B:-Sevikka Vendum
C:-Itatu Padam Tookki
D:-Alaipayute
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question30:-An international reputed Western Violinist
A:-H.A. Popely
B:-Joseph Hayden
C:-John Kerry
D:-Yehudi Menuhin
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question31:-A tala having Anudrutam as an anga
A:-Jhampa
B:-Triputa
C:-Matya
D:-Ata
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question32:-First string of the Violin is tuned to which note in Carnatic music ?
A:-Mandra Panchama
B:-Madhya Panchamam
C:-Tara Shadjam
D:-Mandra Shadjam
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question33:-Which instrument has got frets ?
A:-Violin
B:-Sitar
C:-Sarod
D:-Sarangi
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question34:-The composer who composed the Signature tune for All India Radio
A:-Walter Kaufmann
B:-Antonio Markaz
C:-David Silvester
D:-Carron Williams
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question35:-Pick up the Hindustani Violinist from the following.
A:-V.D. Paluskar
B:-V.D. Deshmukh
C:-Mallikarjun Manzoor
D:-V.G. Jog
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question36:-The song, ‘Nee Dayarada’ is composition of
A:-Tyagaraja
B:-Syama Sastri
C:-Muthuswami Dikshitar
D:-Purandaradasa
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question37:-Category of the instruments, those which can produce more than one note at a time
A:-Monophonous
B:-Homophonous
C:-Hemiphonous
D:-Polyphonous
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question38:-How many foreign notes occur in the raga, ‘Kapi’ ?
A:-Two
B:-Three
C:-One
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question39:-Sequence chronologically the following according to the strings of a Violin in western music
A:-G-string, D-string, A-string, E-string
B:-D-string, G-string, E-string, A-string
C:-A-string, E-string, D-string, G-string
D:-E-string, D-string, A-string, G-string
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question40:-A raga used for lullaby
A:-Bilahari
B:-Malahari
C:-Hamsadvani
D:-Neelambari
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question41:-Who is not a violin player ?
A:-Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan
B:-Balachandar
C:-Rajamanikyam Pilla
D:-Dwaram Venkitaswami Naidu
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question42:-A Pachama varja raga
A:-Kurinji
B:-Malayamarutam
C:-Sreeranjini
D:-Bahudari
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question43:-The musician who introduced Violin into Carnatic music
A:-Muthuswami Dikshitar
B:-Baluswami Dikshitar
C:-Ramaswami Dikshitar
D:-Subbarama Dikshitar
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question44:-Charanam of Varnam is also known as
A:-Ettugada
B:-Anubandham
C:-Muktayi
D:-Charana Pallavi
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question45:-South Indian Violinist who is the author of the book, Euphony
A:-Lalgudi Jayaraman
B:-L. Subramanyam
C:-L. Vaidyanathan
D:-Dr. Sreeram Parusuram
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question46:-The ‘Nada’ emanating from the bowed instrument
A:-Charmaja
B:-Vayuja
C:-Dhanuja
D:-Tantrija
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-A Vivadi Mela
A:-Vakulabharanam
B:-Vagadhisvari
C:-Rishabhapriya
D:-Dhenuka
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question48:-Which among the following is applicable to all the angas of a tala ?
A:-Jati
B:-Yati
C:-Gati
D:-Prastara
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question49:-A Violin Vidwan who plays both Carnatic and Hindustani styles
A:-M. Chandrasekharan
B:-A. Kanyakumari
C:-T. Rugmini
D:-M.S. Gopalakrishnan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question50:-Pick the odd one out
A:-T.N. Krishnan
B:-T.V. Gopalakrishnan
C:-V.V. Subramanyam
D:-Lagudi Jayaraman
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question51:-The first Charana svara of the Ata tala Varna in Bhairavi starts with the note
A:-Nishada
B:-Panchama
C:-Madhyama
D:-Dhaivata
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question52:-The Bhuta Sankhya Disi-Pa indicates the mela
A:-Syamalangi
B:-Shanmukhapriya
C:-Simhendra Madhyamam
D:-Viswambhari
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question53:-The notation system used in Samagana
A:-Samagana
B:-Samagiti
C:-Samalipi
D:-Samahastha
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question54:-A composer of Javalis
A:-Dharmapuri Subbarayar
B:-Narayana Tirthar
C:-Gopalakrishna Bharati
D:-Kshetrajna
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question55:-Samanya Gita is known as
A:-Lakshana Gita
B:-Raganga Gita
C:-Pillari Gita
D:-Sampradaya Gita
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question56:-Which system of classification of ragas was prevalent in medieval period in Hindustani music ?
A:-Jaati system
B:-Raga Ragini Parivara System
C:-Raganga system
D:-Thaat system
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question57:-The earliest bowed instrument known to human history
A:-Ravanhasta
B:-Rabab
C:-Esraj
D:-Ville
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question58:-The Gamaka which is produced by merging of a note softly into another note
A:-Andolan
B:-Vali
C:-Lina
D:-Ullasita
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question59:-How many melas are called ‘Vivadi Melas’ in 72 Melakartas ?
A:-Fifty six
B:-Forty six
C:-Forty four
D:-Forty
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question60:-The country, wherein the Violin was invented
A:-Germany
B:-Italy
C:-Austria
D:-England
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question61:-Panchama murchana of Hamsadvani raga
A:-Hamsanadam
B:-Amritavarshini
C:-Nagasvaravali
D:-Bhupalam
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question62:-A Carnatic violinist who represented India at the commonwealth Art Festival at London held in 1965 ?
A:-Lalgudi Jayaraman
B:-T.N. Krishnan
C:-Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan
D:-M.S. Gopalakrishnan
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question63:-Famous carnatic violinist who learned Hindustani music from Pandit Omkarnath Thakur whom he also
accompanied on the violin ?
A:-Lalgudi Jayaraman
B:-M.S. Gopalakrishnan
C:-T.N. Krishnan
D:-L. Subramanyam
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question64:-A Western scale in which all the semitones of an octave is permitted
A:-Harmonic Scale
B:-Diatonic Scale
C:-Major Scale
D:-Chromatic Scale
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question65:-Name the raga for Sa Ra Gu Mi Pa Dha Nu
A:-Kamavardhani
B:-Mechalalyani
C:-Gamanasrama
D:-Simhendramadhyamam
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question66:-The Science of sound
A:-Frequency
B:-Timbre
C:-Amplitude
D:-Acoustics
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question67:-The person credited with inventing the first modern Violin
A:-Gaudenzio Ferrari
B:-Andrea Amati
C:-Antonio Lopez
D:-William Bartruff
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question68:-Which is the similar raga of Revati of Carnatic music in Hindustani Music ?
A:-Ahir Bhairav
B:-Beehad Bhairav
C:-Bairagi Bhairav
D:-Todi Bhairavi
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question69:-The point of a string, where the amplitude of the standing wave is maximum
A:-Antinode
B:-Node
C:-Wave point
D:-Anti point
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question70:-An instrument which is known as Jew’s harp
A:-Violin
B:-Morsing
C:-Svaramandal
D:-Sitar
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question71:-Which of the following is not a ‘Yati’ ?
A:-Sama
B:-Mridanga
C:-Pipilika
D:-Anagata
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question72:-The name which stringed instruments are known in ancient Tamil music ?
A:-Narambukaruvi
B:-Tulakaruvi
C:-Avanadhakaruvi
D:-Tolkaruvi
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question73:-Lakshana of Carnatic Jhampa tala
A:-UOI
B:-IOU
C:-OUI
D:-IUO
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question74:-The composer who composed Suladis
A:-Kanakadasa
B:-Badrachalam Ramdas
C:-Nilakanta Dasa
D:-Purandaradasa
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question75:-The Panchama of Sankarabharanam, when taken as the tonic note, by the process of Modal shift of Tonic
results in the raga
A:-Kharaharapriya
B:-Harikamboji
C:-Kalyani
D:-Nathabhairavi
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question76:-The ‘Tillana Dhim Dhim Tanananana’ in Revati raga was composed by
A:-M.S. Gopalakrishnan
B:-Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
C:-Lalgudi Jayaraman
D:-Poochi Iyengar
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question77:-Which discipline belongs to acoustics ?
A:-Mathematics
B:-Chemistry
C:-Music
D:-Physics
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question78:-Sympathetic strings which are used in the instruments like Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi etc.
A:-Misrab
B:-Kodu
C:-Tarab
D:-Jhala
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question79:-The oldest surviving Violin is named as
A:-Charles X
B:-Charles XII
C:-Charles IX
D:-Charles XI
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question80:-The first five talas of 108 talas are called ________ in ancient music.
A:-Marga talas
B:-Desi talas
C:-Chanda talas
D:-Desadi talas
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question81:-Which note in Madhyam Grama is one sruti below the Shadja grama ?
A:-Panchama
B:-Madhyama
C:-Gandhara
D:-Nishada
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question82:-A western orchestral form in Violin has a prominent role
A:-Brass horns
B:-Hart strings
C:-Symphony
D:-Wood winds
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question83:-The musical scale containing 6 Swaras ?
A:-Heptatonic
B:-Hexatonic
C:-Pentatonic
D:-Diatonic
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question84:-Panniyatiram in ancient Tamil music is a
A:-Shadava raga
B:-Audava raga
C:-Svarantara raga
D:-Sampurna raga
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question85:-Frequency is related to
A:-Timbre
B:-Quality
C:-Pitch
D:-Amplitude
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question86:-Amrithavarshini is the Janya raga of
A:-Gamanasrama
B:-Chitrambari
C:-Simhendramdahyamam
D:-Kamavardhani
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question87:-An instrument belongs to Violin family
A:-Sarangi
B:-Trombone
C:-Cello
D:-Sarod
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question88:-The composer who composed ‘Navaragamalika Varnam’
A:-Kothavasal Venkitaramayyar
B:-Pattanam Subramanya Iyer
C:-Pallavi Seshayyar
D:-Ramnad Sreenivasa Iyengar
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question89:-Pick up the odd one out.
A:-Mozart
B:-Antonio Stradivari
C:-Beethoven
D:-John Sebastian Bach
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question90:-Name of the commentary on Bharata’s Natya Sastra written by Abhainavagupta
A:-Abhinava Samhita
B:-Abhinava Priya
C:-Abhinava Bharati
D:-Abhinava Sangita
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question91:-A Violin Vidvan who was the court musician of Swati Tirunal
A:-Vadivelu
B:-Meruswami
C:-Anantarama Bhagavatar
D:-Raghavayya
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-Pick up the Sarangi player from the following.
A:-Ustad Kale Khan
B:-Pt. Debu Choudhary
C:-Pt. Ramnarayan
D:-Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question93:-Carnatic composer who was honoured with the title, Pada Kavitha Pitamaha
A:-Tyagaraja
B:-Kshetrajna
C:-Annamacharya
D:-Badrachalam Ramadasa
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-The instrument, ‘Grahabheda pradarsini’ is devised by
A:-Lalgudi Jayaraman
B:-Prof. Sambamoorthy
C:-M.S. Gopalakrishnan
D:-L. Subramanyam
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question95:-Mudra of Pattanam Subrahmanya Iyer in his compositions
A:-Kumara
B:-Venkatesa
C:-Guhadasa
D:-Subramanya
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question96:-An instrument which is known as Mahanataka Veena
A:-Sitar
B:-Rudraveena
C:-Gottuvadyam
D:-Mandolin
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question97:-The name of the mela, Charukesi in Asampoorna mela paddhati
A:-Chamaram
B:-Chakrapriya
C:-Charukuntala
D:-Tarangini
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question98:-Tantri Vadyas are called
A:-Lithophones
B:-Autophones
C:-Metaphones
D:-Chordophones
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question99:-Sympathetic overtones produced in musical intruments are called
A:-Symphony
B:-Amplitude
C:-Timbre
D:-Harmonics
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question100:-An instrument of Equally Tempered Scale
A:-Violin
B:-Harmonium
C:-Clarinet
D:-Saxophone
Correct Answer:- Option-B