Category: Music

Q1. What is the primary role of the mridangam in Carnatic music?
A. Providing melody
B. Rhythmic accompaniment
C. Drone support
D. Harmonic filling
Answer: B. Rhythmic accompaniment

Q2. The body of a traditional mridangam is typically hollowed out from which wood?
A. Jackfruit
B. Teak
C. Rosewood
D. Sandalwood
Answer: A. Jackfruit

Q3. Which side of the mridangam produces the bass sound?
A. Valanthalai (right head)
B. Thoppi (left head)
C. Both equally
D. The center patch
Answer: B. Thoppi (left head)

Q1. What is the most common name for the large drum played with a foot pedal in a standard drum set?
A. Snare drum
B. Tom-tom
C. Bass drum
D. Floor tom
Answer: C. Bass drum

Q2. Which component of the drum set consists of two cymbals operated by a foot pedal?
A. Hi-hat
B. Crash cymbal
C. Ride cymbal
D. China cymbal
Answer: A. Hi-hat

Q3. What is the primary function of the snare drum in a drum set?
A. To provide deep low tones
B. To produce a sharp, cracking backbeat with snares underneath
C. To serve as the main time-keeping cymbal
D. To create accents and crashes
Answer: B. To produce a sharp, cracking backbeat with snares underneath

Q1. What is the Veena primarily classified as in Indian classical music?
A. A wind instrument
B. A percussion instrument
C. A plucked string instrument
D. A bowed string instrument
Answer: C. plucked string instrument

Q2. Which Hindu goddess is most commonly depicted holding or playing the Veena?
A. Saraswati
B. Parvati
C. Lakshmi
D. Durga
Answer: A. Saraswati

Q3. The Saraswati Veena is predominantly associated with which style of Indian classical music?
A. Hindustani
B. Carnatic
C. Folk
D. Ghazal
Answer: B. Carnatic

Q1. What family of musical instruments does the Western concert flute belong to?
A. Brass
B. Woodwind
C. String
D. Percussion
Answer: B. Woodwind

Q2. Who is credited with inventing the modern Boehm system flute in 1847?
A. James Galway
B. Jean-Pierre Rampal
C. Theobald Boehm
D. Claude Debussy
Answer: C. Theobald Boehm

Q3. What is the standard pitch of the Western concert flute?
A. G
B. Bb
C. A
D. C
Answer: D. C

Q1. Who is credited with inventing the modern piano around 1700?
A. Johann Sebastian Bach
B. Bartolomeo Cristofori
C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D. Sebastien Erard
Answer: B. Bartolomeo Cristofori

Q2. What was the original name given to the piano by its inventor, reflecting its ability to play soft and loud?
A. Fortepiano
B. Clavichord
C. Gravicembalo col piano e forte
D. Harpsichord forte
Answer: C. Gravicembalo col piano e forte

Q3. In which city was the piano invented?
A. Vienna, Austria
B. Florence, Italy
C. Paris, France
D. London, England
Answer: B. Florence, Italy

Q1. In what year was Fairport Convention formed?
A. 1965
B. 1967
C. 1969
D. 1970
Answer: B. 1967

Q2. The band was named after a house in Muswell Hill called “Fairport,” which belonged to the father of which founding member?
A. Richard Thompson
B. Ashley Hutchings
C. Simon Nicol
D. Martin Lamble
Answer: C. Simon Nicol

Q3. Who was the original female vocalist on Fairport Convention’s debut album?
A. Sandy Denny
B. Judy Dyble
C. Iain Matthews
D. Linda Thompson
Answer: B. Judy Dyble

Q1. In what year was the Small Faces band formed in East London?
A. 1963
B. 1965
C. 1967
D. 1969
Answer: B. 1965

Q2. What does the band’s name “Small Faces” primarily refer to?
A. Their short physical stature and “face” meaning a stylish leader in mod culture
B. A reference to facial expressions in their music videos
C. The small venues they played in early on
D. A tobacco brand parody
Answer: A. Their short physical stature and “face” meaning a stylish leader in mod culture

Q3. Who was the original keyboardist in the Small Faces before being replaced?
A. Ian McLagan
B. Jimmy Winston
C. Ronnie Wood
D. Rick Wills
Answer: B. Jimmy Winston

Q1. In which year was the British folk-jazz band Pentangle formed?
A. 1965
B. 1967
C. 1969
D. 1970
Answer: B. 1967

Q2. What is the origin of the band’s name “Pentangle”?
A. Representing the five original members and the symbol on Sir Gawain’s shield
B. A type of musical instrument
C. A village in Scotland
D. Inspired by a famous folk song
Answer: A. Representing the five original members and the symbol on Sir Gawain’s shield

Q3. Who was the lead vocalist of the original Pentangle lineup?
A. Bert Jansch
B. John Renbourn
C. Jacqui McShee
D. Danny Thompson
Answer: C. Jacqui McShee

Q1. In what year was Blue Oyster Cult formed on Long Island, New York?
A. 1965
B. 1967
C. 1969
D. 1971
Answer: B. 1967

Q2. What was the original name of the band that became Blue Oyster Cult?
A. Soft White Underbelly
B. Stalk-Forrest Group
C. Oaxaca
D. Santos Sisters
Answer: A. Soft White Underbelly

Q3. What is the band’s famous hook-and-cross logo inspired by?
A. The astrological symbol for Saturn
B. The alchemical symbol for lead (heavy metal)
C. An ancient occult rune
D. A modified Christian cross
Answer: B. The alchemical symbol for lead (heavy metal)

Q1. In which year was the progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed?
A. 1968
B. 1970
C. 1972
D. 1974
Answer: B. 1970

Q2. Which previous band was keyboardist Keith Emerson a member of before forming Emerson, Lake & Palmer?
A. King Crimson
B. Atomic Rooster
C. The Nice
D. Asia
Answer: C. The Nice

Q3. Greg Lake, the bassist and vocalist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, previously played in which influential progressive rock band?
A. King Crimson
B. Genesis
C. Yes
D. Jethro Tull
Answer: A. King Crimson