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