SSC Traditional General knowledge Set- 10
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 27/04/2026
1. Shri Maniprasad is related to which type of musical genre?
2. Which of the following is not related to Tabla?
3. Kathakali flourished in South India in the seventeenth century under the patronage of ____?
4. Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Banaras Gharana was a musician of ____.
5. India's famous personality M.S. Subbulakshmi is related to which of the following?
6. Pandit Ram Narayan was associated with which of the following musical instruments?
7. S. Balachander, a famous musician of India, is known to play which of the following musical instruments?
8. Who among the following is a famous music director?
9. Who is known as "The Mozart of Madras" in India?
10. Which of the following musical instruments is played by Nandini and Ragini Shankar?
11. Who among the following was the founder of Banaras Gharana of Khayal singing style?
12. Totaram Sharma is related to which of the following musical instruments?
13. Who among the following stalwarts of Indian music has been awarded Bharat Ratna?
14. Who among the following started Kuchipudi Kala Academy in Madras?
15. Which of the following personalities is not related to Carnatic Music?
16. Which of the following personalities is associated with the musical instrument Mandolin?
17. Who among the following Indian classical tabla players was called 'Abbaji'? In 1968, he made a music album with American Jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
18. Carnatic Music is limited to _____.
19. The traditional singing 'Nat' is related to ____ dance.
20. Who among the following is an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music?
21. In which year was the Sangeet Natak Akademi established?
22. Which of the following personalities is associated with the musical instrument flute?
23. Bikram Ghosh, recipient of the Global Indian Music Award, is a composer and Indian classical ____ maestro.
24. Teejan Bai, Jhaduram Dewangan, Ritu Verma, Usha Barle, and Shanibai Chelak are famous for which of the following forms of folk music?
25. Ramnad V. Raghavan is related to which of the following musical instruments?
26. Pandit Anand Gopal Bandopadhyay was a ____ player of Banaras Gharana.
27. Aruna Sairam, T.M. Krishna, and Gayatri Girish are associated with which musical form?
28. Dr. N. Rajam is famous for playing ____?
29. Which musical instrument did former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam play?
30. Which of the following pairs of musicians and their instruments is incorrect?
31. Famous musician Faiyaz Khan is associated with which musical instrument?
32. Who among the following is considered the queen of Thumri?
33. Hariprasad Chaurasia is related to which of the following musical instruments?
34. Which of the following musicians is popular for his mastery over the musical instrument sitar?
35. Asgari Bai is mainly remembered for his contribution to which of the following genres of music?
36. Who among the following is the exponent of the classical musical instrument, Santoor?
37. Who among the following personalities is a Sarod player?
38. Ustad Bismillah Khan is related to which of the following musical instruments?
39. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, a famous Hindustani classical singer, belonged to which of the following gharana?
40. Who among the following was a popular music director in India?
41. From the options, identify the musician who is associated with the musical instrument sarod.
42. Arvind Parikh is related to which of the following musical instruments?
43. Pandit Birju Maharaj was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award for which style of classical dance?
44. Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar, and Harishankar Bhattacharya are famous players of which of the following musical instruments?
45. U. Srinivas is a famous player of which of the following musical instruments?
46. Santoor is related with which of the following?
47. Select the correct order of musical instruments as per the given sequence of their respective personalities: Ustad Allah Rakha, Totaram Sharma, T.H. Vinayakram.
48. Sirpur National Dance and Music Festival is organized every year in ______ state of India.
49. Which of the following musical instruments did R.K. Bijapure play?
50. Pandit Kishan Maharaj was associated with which instrument?