1. Guru of Tyagaraja
(A) Sonti Venkataramanayya
(B) Sonti Venkatasubbayya
(C) Vadivelu
(D) Aneyya



2. Match the following:
I. Chola                                   1. Violin
II. Baluswamy Dikshitar         2.Tanjavur
III. Gopala Krishna Bharati    3. Sacred Music
IV. Appar                                4. Geya Natakas

 Codes:
I           II         III        IV
(A)       2          1          3          4
(B)       3          2          1          4
(C)       2          1          4          3
(D)       4          3          2          1



3. A Daru
(A) Vikshepa
(B) Antara
(C) Avapa
(D) Avalokita



4. In Desadi Tala music commences after
(A) 3/4 th Aksharakala
(B) 1/2 Aksharakala
(C) 1/4 Aksharakala
(D) Sama



5. Narayana Tirtha’s composition are called as
(A) Krishna Gitis
(B) Padams
(C) Ashtapadi
(D) Suladi Tarangas



6. Another name for Tanam
(A) Vicari
(B) Vartani
(C) Rupaka Alapti
(D) Raga Vardhini



7. One of the Pancha Dasa Gamaka
(A) Yati
(B) Yamakam
(C) Andolita
(D) Jakkini


8. Assertion and Reasoning:
Assertion (A): In Ragam Tanam Pallavi, the Prathamanga and D⋅vitiyanga is separated by a stressed syllable called padagarbham.
Reasoning (R): Ragam Tanam Pallavi belong to the sphere of Manodharma Sangeeta

 Codes:
(A) (A) is true (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.



9. Saraswati Manohari is a janya under
(A) 27th Mela
(B) 28th Mela
(C) 29th Mela
(D) 22nd Mela



10. Prahalada Bhakti Vijayam is composed by
(A) Tyagaraja
(B) Gopala Krishna Bharati
(C) Ramamatya
(D) Kshetregna



11. A series of svaras arranged without proper sequence:
(A) Kutatanas
(B) Kalpana Svara
(C) Svara Koruppu
(D) Korvai



12. Panchavadhyam includes
(A) Chenda
(B) Sudha Maddalam
(C) Veena
(D) Mridangam



13. Dvianya Svara Bhashanga Raga
(A) Dvijavanti
(B) Bhairavi
(C) Anandabhairavi
(D) Athana



14. The greatest composer of Gitas after Purandara Dasa
(A) Vina Kuppayyar
(B) Paidala Gurumurty Shastri
(C) Ramnad Srinivas
(D) Narayana Tirthar



15. Composer of Viriboni Varnam
(A) Vina Kuppayyar
(B) Pachimiriyam Adiyappayya
(C) Ramaswamy Sivan
(D) Patnam Subramanya Iyer