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QUIZ NUMBER 3

      

Dear music lovers,

Thanks for the enthusiastic response to our Brain Stimulators so far. The following quiz is a new, improved, interactive version, where you will know your scores as soon as you submit the answers!. It is a thematic quiz on Carnatic music composers and compositions:

1. 'Sakhiprana' in raga Jhunjooti, composed by Dharmapuri Subbarayar is a:

Kriti
Bhajan
Padam
Javali

2. The kriti 'Asaindadum mayil onru' in raga Simhendramadhyamam, is a composition of:

Papanasam Sivan
Periyasami Tooran
Oothukkadu Venkatasubbayyar
Ambujam Krishna

3. Which of the following ragas has not been featured in the Kamalamba Navavarana kriti set of Dikshitar?

Begada
Sahana
Punnagavarali
Ahiri

4. Syama Sastri is the only one among the Trinity to have composed in this raga. What is it?

Anandabhairavi
Chintamani
Punnagavarali
Paras

5. Ragas like Mohanakalyani, Pasupatipriya, Budhamanohari etc are his discoveries. Who was this composer?

Patnam Subramanya Ayyar
Lalgudi Jayaraman
Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavatar
Tyagaraja

6. Which of these following compositions is not part of Tyagaraja's Sriranga Pancharatnam:

Chootamu rare
Rajuvedala
Ee Vasudha
Vinarada na manavi

7. "Krishna nee begane" in raga Yamankalyani is a composition of:

Vyasaraya
Purandaradasa
Kanakadasa
Kamalesa Vittaladasa

8. Which of these was a well-known composer of Tamil Padams?

Subbaraya Sastri
Subbarama Dikshitar
Subbarama Iyer
Subramanya Bharati

9. Tiruppugazhs are set to:

175 talas
Chhanda talas
108 talas
Sooladi Sapta talas

10. He has composed what is known as the Navaratri kriti set. Who is he?

Muthuswami Dikshitar
Oothukkadu Venkatasubbayyar
Syama Sastri
Swati Tirunal

  
     

  

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