1. Who wrote kirtanas for the first time with divisions of Pallavi, Anupallavi and Charanam?
(A) Bhadrachalam Ramadas
(B) Tallapakkam Composers
(C) Tyagaraja
(D) Purandara Dasa



2. Devarnamas are composed by
(A) Muthuswami Dikshitar
(B) Purandara Das
(C) SyamaShastri
(D) Swati Thirunal



3. _______ comes in the group of Ghanaraga Pancharatna.
(A) Arabhi
(B) Mohanam
(C) Abheri
(D) Kharaharapriya


4. _______ is a Vivadi raga.
(A) Rasikapriya
(B) Kharaharapriya
(C) Shanmukhpriya
(D) Ramapriya



5. Author of the series of books ‘South Indian Music’ is
(A) T.S. Parthasarathy
(B) Dr. N. Ramanathan
(C) Prof. P. Sambamurthy
(D) Dr.Venkita Subramanya Iyer



6. Ujvala is associated with
(A) Santha rasa
(B) Bhakti rasa
(C) Hasya rasa
(D) Sringara rasa



7. _______ is an Ekasthayi Vadya.
(A) Veena
(B) MukhaVeena
(C) Violin
(D) Flute



8. Female parts were performed by men dressed up ladies in
(A) Nathuvamelam
(B) Bhagavatamelanatakam
(C) Neyyandimelam
(D) Katha kalashepam



9. Samashticharanam in Kriti is introduced by
(A) Tyagaraja
(B) Muthuswami Dikshitar
(C) Syama Shastri
(D) Pattanam Subramanya Iyer



10. Tevaram is the collective name given to the sacred hyms of :
(A) Arunagirinathar & Manikavachakar
(B) Andal & Sundarambal
(C) Tirugnanasambandar & Ilangovatikal
(D) Tirugnanasambandar, Appar and Sundaramurthy Nayanar



11. ‘Prahladabhakti Vijayam’ is written by
(A) Gopalakrishna Bharati
(B) Ramaswami Sivam
(C) Muthuswami Dikshitar
(D) Tyagaraja



12. Devagandhari raga is derived from
(A) 29th Melaraga
(B) 28th Melaraga
(C) 22nd Melaraga
(D) 20th Melaraga



13. Kshetrayya is famous for
(A) Telugu Padams
(B) Tillanas
(C) Varnams
(D) Javalis



14. Who suggested the name ‘Kalpitamelakarta’ for the 19 melas?
(A) Saranga Deva
(B) Somanatha
(C) Ramamatya
(D) VenkataMakhi



15. Which will be the resultant mela when the Kakali Nishada is changed into Kaisikinishada of Mayamalavagavla?
(A) Suryakantham
(B) Chalanatta
(C) Vakulabharanam
(D) Gayakapriya