SSC Traditional General knowledge Set- 10
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 11/09/2026
1. In which year was the Sangeet Natak Akademi established?
2. Pandit Ram Narayan was associated with which of the following musical instruments?
3. Which of the following personalities is associated with the musical instrument Mandolin?
4. Which of the following personalities is associated with the musical instrument flute?
5. Bikram Ghosh, recipient of the Global Indian Music Award, is a composer and Indian classical ____ maestro.
6. Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Banaras Gharana was a musician of ____.
7. Ramnad V. Raghavan is related to which of the following musical instruments?
8. Santoor is related with which of the following?
9. Who among the following was the founder of Banaras Gharana of Khayal singing style?
10. India's famous personality M.S. Subbulakshmi is related to which of the following?
11. Dr. N. Rajam is famous for playing ____?
12. Pandit Kishan Maharaj was associated with which instrument?
13. U. Srinivas is a famous player of which of the following musical instruments?
14. Which of the following musicians is popular for his mastery over the musical instrument sitar?
15. Totaram Sharma is related to which of the following musical instruments?
16. S. Balachander, a famous musician of India, is known to play which of the following musical instruments?
17. Shri Maniprasad is related to which type of musical genre?
18. Famous musician Faiyaz Khan is associated with which musical instrument?
19. Ustad Bismillah Khan is related to which of the following musical instruments?
20. Which musical instrument did former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam play?
21. From the options, identify the musician who is associated with the musical instrument sarod.
22. Pandit Anand Gopal Bandopadhyay was a ____ player of Banaras Gharana.
23. Carnatic Music is limited to _____.
24. Who among the following is considered the queen of Thumri?
25. Which of the following musical instruments did R.K. Bijapure play?
26. Hariprasad Chaurasia is related to which of the following musical instruments?
27. Arvind Parikh is related to which of the following musical instruments?
28. Who is known as "The Mozart of Madras" in India?
29. Kathakali flourished in South India in the seventeenth century under the patronage of ____?
30. Aruna Sairam, T.M. Krishna, and Gayatri Girish are associated with which musical form?
31. Who among the following personalities is a Sarod player?
32. Who among the following stalwarts of Indian music has been awarded Bharat Ratna?
33. Which of the following is not related to Tabla?
34. Which of the following personalities is not related to Carnatic Music?
35. Select the correct order of musical instruments as per the given sequence of their respective personalities: Ustad Allah Rakha, Totaram Sharma, T.H. Vinayakram.
36. Who among the following is an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music?
37. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, a famous Hindustani classical singer, belonged to which of the following gharana?
38. Sirpur National Dance and Music Festival is organized every year in ______ state of India.
39. Who among the following Indian classical tabla players was called 'Abbaji'? In 1968, he made a music album with American Jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
40. Which of the following pairs of musicians and their instruments is incorrect?
41. Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar, and Harishankar Bhattacharya are famous players of which of the following musical instruments?
42. Who among the following is the exponent of the classical musical instrument, Santoor?
43. Who among the following is a famous music director?
44. Asgari Bai is mainly remembered for his contribution to which of the following genres of music?
45. Which of the following musical instruments is played by Nandini and Ragini Shankar?
46. The traditional singing 'Nat' is related to ____ dance.
47. Who among the following was a popular music director in India?
48. Who among the following started Kuchipudi Kala Academy in Madras?
49. Teejan Bai, Jhaduram Dewangan, Ritu Verma, Usha Barle, and Shanibai Chelak are famous for which of the following forms of folk music?
50. Pandit Birju Maharaj was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award for which style of classical dance?