Welcome to your Static GK SSC 50 MCQ SET:-5
Date:- 23/12/2024
1.
Who among the following personalities coined the term ‘Odissi’ for Odisha’s classical dance?
2.
Ustad Hassu Khan was one of the founders of which of the following Gharanas of music?
3.
Who was hailed as a resident dancer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam for her unique contribution to the promotion of classical dance forms?
4.
Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan was best known for which of the following instruments?
5.
Ramkrishna Talukdar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 for his contribution to the Sattriya dance form. To which state does this dance form belong?
6.
In 2018, Google Doodle celebrated the 100th birthday of Mrinalini Sarabhai. She is an exponent of which of the following dance forms?
7.
The noted danseuse Yamini Krishnamurthy opened Yamini School of Dance in_________, in the year 1990.
8.
Ilyas Khan was born in Lucknow to a family of musicians. He was famous for playing
9.
Who among the following was known as the ‘Queen of Thumri’ ?
10.
Akham Lakshmi Devi, a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, is renowned for which of the following dances?
11.
Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar and Hara Shankar Bhattacharya are well known players of which of the following instruments?
12.
Asghari Bai is primarily remembered for her contribution to which of the following genres of music?
13.
Papanasam Sivan was related to the following music?
14.
Who among the following musicians was awarded a Grammy in the Music Album category for his collaborative album ‘Global Drum Project’ along with Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo ?
15.
Surupa Sen is a famous ____dancer.
16.
Which of the given personalities is NOT associated with Carnatic Music?
17.
Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair isa Sangeet Natak Akademi 2019 Awardee for his contribution to _____.
18.
In which of the following cities of British India was Lata Mangeshkar born ?
19.
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an Indian musician and composer was the foremost exponent of the______.
20.
V Satyanarayana Sarma, a Padma Shri awardee, was recognised for which of the following dance forms?
21.
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala was a music composer popularly called ‘Rupkonwar’ in the state of _____ .
22.
Who was the founder of Benaras Gharana of Kathak?
23.
Guru Bipin Singh, a Nrityacharya awardee, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee and Kalidas Samman awardee, was renowned for promoting which classical dance form?
24.
Who among the following personalities is associated with the musical instrument Mandolin?
25.
Who among the following personalities won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2021 for contribution to Manipuri Dance?
26.
Ratikant Mohapatra, an awardee of ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’, is known for which of the following classical dances of India?
27.
Who among the following personalities is a professional Kuchipudi Dancer?
28.
Urmila Satyanarayanan is an exponent of which Indian classical dance form ?
29.
Who among the following personalities is associated with synthesising classical and modern Indian dance through a theatre group called Ranga Sri Little Ballet Troupe ?
30.
Satyaram Reang received the Padma Shri for promoting the Hojagiri dance form. He belongs to which of the following states?
31.
V. Satyanarayana Sarma was awarded with Padma Shri in 1970 for his contributions in the field of __ dance
32.
Shivaputra Siddaramaiah Komkali math is the original name of which of the following Indian classical singers?
33.
Who among the following personalities has received both Grammy and Oscar awards?
34.
Vasundhara Doraswamy was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2019 for her contribution to which of the following ?
35.
Padma Bhushan Kumari Kamala is associated with which Indian dance?
36.
Who among the following was the founder and director of the ‘Darpana Academy of Performing Arts’, an institute that focuses on training students in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad?
37.
Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benaras Gharana was a __ player.
38.
Which danseuse among the following was called to perform for Queen Elizabeth-ll’s coronation festivities in 1953 ?
39.
Who was the recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2017 for Kathak ?
40.
Which dancer was the first person from Odisha to get Padma Vibhushan in 2000 ?
41.
Kamalini and Nalini Asthana, the dancer duo have been conferred with the Padma Shri in 2022. They are renowned for which of the following dance forms?
42.
A biopic on legendary Sitara Devi has been announced on her 101st birth anniversary by producer Raj C Anand. Sitara Devi was a recognized _____ dancer
43.
Who among the following Kathak dancers of India founded the KADAMB Centre for Dance in 1964?
44.
For contribution to which dance was Tanjore Balasaraswati awarded the title of Sangita Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy in 1973 ?
45.
Who is called the father of the modern Indian dance ?
46.
Padma Shri awardee, Darshana Jhaveri is a _________ dancer of India.
47.
Who among the following personalities was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2020 for his/her contribution to contemporary dance?
48.
Subha Mudgal is famous for which of the following music forms?
49.
Who among the following Indianclassical tabla players was called Abbaji’? He collaborated with American jazz drummer Buddy Rich to create a music album in 1968 ?
50.
Who among the following was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001 and has been credited with taking the shehnai from the marriage mandap to the concert hall ?
