1. The name ‘Gurudruta virama’ comes in
(A) Shadangas
(B) Shodasangas
(C) Navasandhi talas
(D) 108 talas



2. The instrument ‘Grahabheda pradarsini’ is devised by
(A) Bharata
(B) Venkitamakhi
(C) Prof. Sambamoorthy
(D) Maharajah Sarafojee



3. A Sarvaswaramurchanakaraka raga
(A) Hansadhwani
(B) Suddhadhanyasi
(C) Mohana
(D) Suddha Saveri



4. Gamaka ‘Thribhinna’ is peculiar to
(A) Violin
(B) Veena
(C) Vocal music
(D) Flute



5. The author of the work ‘Meladhikara Lakshana’ is
(A) Venkita Makhi
(B) Ahobala
(C) Unknown
(D) Ramamatya



6. Pan ‘Kausikam’ corresponds to
(A) Kamboji
(B) Kalyani
(C) Kedaragoula
(D) Bhairavi



7. A tri-anya svara bhashanga raga
(A) Bilahari
(B) Atana
(C) Hindustan Behag
(D) Hindustan Kafi



8. An example of valera shadava vakra sampurna raga
(A) Narayanagoula
(B) Bindumalini
(C) Bangala
(D) Dipika



9. Panniyatiram in ancient Tamil music is a
(A) Shadava raga
(B) Audava raga
(C) Swarantara raga
(D) Sampoorna raga



10. ‘Radhamangala bhasha’ was a mnemonical language which was fluently spoken by
(A) Pattanam Subramania Iyer
(B) Mahavaidyanatha Iyer
(C) Ramaswami Deekshitar
(D) Subbarama Iyer



11. ‘Harikesa’ is the mudra of
(A) Sreenivasa Iyenkar
(B) Ramaswami Sivan
(C) Muttaih Bhagavatar
(D) Gopalakrishna Bharati



12. The frequency value of a Purna dvisruti interval is
(A) 135/128
(B) 81/80
(C) 256/243
(D) 16/15



13. ‘Azhagarkuravanchi’ is a brilliant composition written by
(A) King Sarfojee
(B) Papanasa Mudaliar
(C) Tirukuta Rajappak Kaviraya
(D) Kavi Kunjara Bharati



14. Arunagirinatha Iyer is the composer of
(A) Tevaram
(B) Thiruvachakam
(C) Tiruppugazh
(D) Ramanatakam



15. The ‘ga’ murchana of the avarohana of the raga Garudadwani is
(A) Saramati
(B) Bilahari
(C) Mohanakalyani
(D) Nilambari