QuestionID	Description	Option1	Option2	Option3	Answer	Status
1	Which raga is played by snake charmers	Naagaswaraavali	Krinaji	Punnaagavaraali	3	Y
2	. Jonpuri is named after a	city	shoe	king	1	Y
3	Seetaraamaiyyar sang what raga straight for 8 days	Begada	kalyaani	Todi	3	Y
4	Which of these is not a rasa	Bhakti	Adbhuta	Sookshma	3	Y
5	What is not an evening raga	Todi	Saaveri	Vasantaa	2	Y
6	The currently used scheme of 72 Melakartas was created by	Venkatamakhi	Saambamoorti	Muttuswaami Dikshitar	1	Y
7	Which raga is speculated to be the earliest	revati	Shyaamaa	Shankaraabharanam	2	Y
8	The closest Western equivalent of the raga is the	Scale	Mode	Key	2	Y
9	. When was the earliest known song written	1200 years ago	3400 years ago	5500 years ago	2	Y
10	Which is the oldest pitched instrument	Flute	Drum	Harp	1	Y
11	Who first used the violin to play carnatic music	Swati Tirunal	Vadivelu	Tyagaraja	2	Y
12	Who wrote the Tamil epic Silappadikaram	Ilango Adigal	Andal	Jayadeva	1	Y
13	When did Hindustani and Carnatic music separate	5th century AD	12th century AD	18th century AD	2	Y
14	Before sabhas, where were concerts performed	Open fields	Royal courts	At the homes of artists	2	Y
15	What is the legendary origin of the mridangam	Slaying of a demon	As a vehicle	A battle victory	1	Y
16	The original name for the gotu vaadyam is	Citraveena	Ektar	Naagaveena	1	Y
17	The violin came to India from several countries, including	Russia	Persia	Germany	3	Y
18	Who is said to have created the veena originally	Shiva	Naarada	Vishnu	1	Y
19	Which of these is the English name for the moorsing	Jew's harp	Zither	Lute	1	Y
20	Another name for the tambourine is	Manjira	Kanjira	Jalra	2	Y
21	Which of the following materials has not been used to make a nadaswaram	Glass	Ivory	Wood	1	Y
22	Where did the tambura come from, 5000 years ago	Europe	Persia	Russia	2	Y
23	Mahadeva Nattuvanar introduced what western instrument in the 19th century	Mandolin	Tambura	Clarinet	3	Y
24	Who was the first woman to be awarded the Sangita Kalanidhi title	M.S. Subbulakshmi	T. Brinda	Veena Dhanam	1	Y
25	How many women have received the Sangita Kalanidhi award	6	4	2	1	Y
26	Who is the Hindu goddess associated most with music	Saraswati	Durga	Lakshmi	1	Y
27	What is the likely origin of the caapu taalas	Folk music	All of these	Silappadikaaram	1	Y
28	What does mridangam mean	Drum head	Drum feet	Clay body	3	Y
29	Speaking the sounds of a percussion instrument is technically called	Sollu	Jati	Konnakkol	3	Y
30	Which of the following does not end a tani aavartanam	Kaarvai	mohra	Paarkorvaivati	1	Y
31	The longest taala, with 128 beats (and 18 angas) is called	Sarabhanda	Simhananda	Dasharata	2	Y
32	Shyaama Saastri invented which taaLa	Sarabhanda	Simhananda	Dasharata	1	Y
33	The scheme of suladi sapta talas was systematized by	Shyaama Saastri	Dikshitar	Purandara Daasa	3	Y
34	Which of these is not an anga	Druta-virama	Kaakapaadam	Visarjitamx	3	Y
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