Mridangam Multiple Choice Questions
1. In a total number of Matras of Brahma Tala one of the Navasandhi Talas is of :
a. 16
b. 30
c. 28
d. 48
Answer: c
2. Which world famous Scientist was also Mridangist :
a. Kasturi Rangan
b. Prof. U.R. Rao
c. Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha
d. Prof. C.V. Raman
Answer: d
3. Non rhythmical music :
a. Sloka
b. Viruttham
c. Ragalapana
d. All the above
Answer: d
4. In which Chapter Tala is described in Sangeetha Rathnakara :
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 6
Answer: a
5. A Marga Tala :
a. Gaja Leela
b. Chachatputa
c. Adi
d. All the above
Answer: b
6. Splitting up of the Tala anga into its possible component parts is :
a. Margam
b. Kala
c. Prastharam
d. Kriya
Answer: c
7. The rhythmical instrument played by the singer ‘Ponnani’ during the performance of Kadhakali is :
a. Ilathalam
b. Edakka
c. Maddalam
d. Chengila
Answer: d
8. The name by which the Adi Tala is refered to in the works of medieval period :
a. Jhompata
b. Atanta
c. Muriadanta
d. Kundanachi
Answer: a
9. The total Aksharakala of Simhanandana Tala is :
a. 128
b. 124
c. 126
d. 120
Answer: a
10. One of the Navasandhi Tala :
a. Darpana
b. Kottari
c. Udghatta
d. Sriranga
Answer: b
11. How many Aksharas denotes in Kundanachi Tala ?
a. 11
b. 10
c. 12
d. 15
Answer: c
12. Another name of Khanda Chapu Tala :
a. Muri Jhempa
b. Muri Adanta
c. Chempata
d. Ara Jhempa
Answer: d
13. Misra Jati Ada Tala is named according to Katapayadi Sankhya :
a. Jadi
b. Jati
c. Yama
d. Kala
Answer: a
14. Another name of Bindu Tala :
a. Tisra Jathi Matya
b. Sankeerna Jathi Rupaka
c. Misra Jathi Ada
d. Khanda Jathi Druva
Answer: b
15. The Graha which starts after the song :
a. Anaagatha
b. Sama
c. Atheetha
d. Niyata
Answer: c
16. In which Chapter Tala is described in Natyasastra :
a. 26
b. 32
c. 28
d. 31
Answer: d
17. Who among the following Pakhawaj player received the title of Mridangacharya from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ?
a. Govindarao Burhanpurkar
b. Nana Panse
c. Sakharam
d. Chatrapati Sing
Answer: a
18. Find out the number of Matras of a Korvai which was resulted by the playing of Adi Tala 2 Kalai (Tisra Gathi) starts at sama and ends with 1⁄2 edam of the Tala. (Each Kalas occur once.)
a. 56
b. 42
c. 84
d. 96
Answer: b
19. Meaning of the term, Touratrikam :
a. Geeta, Vadya, Abhinaya
b. Geeta, Nritya, Abhinaya
c. Geeta, Vadya, Nritya
d. Vadya, Nritya, Abhinaya
Answer: c
20. Corresponding Tala of Tisra Triputa in Hindusthani Music :
a. Keharva
b. Jap Tal
c. Dhamar
d. Rupak
Answer: d
21. Which of these is not an Anga :
a. Druta Virama
b. Guru
c. Anudrutha
d. Visarjitham
Answer: d
22. Odd one out :
a. Palakkad Mani Iyer
b. Das Swamikal
c. Chattapuram Subbayyar
d. Alathur Venkatesa Iyer
Answer: d
23. The Mridanga Vidwan who has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2012 :
a. T.V. Gopalakrishnan
b. Umayalpuram Sivaraman
c. Sreemushnam Raja Rao
d. Ella Venkateswara Rao
Answer: a
24. Kundanachi Tala representated in which musical form :
a. Sopana Sangeetham
b. Folk Music
c. Padayani
d. Thiruppavai
Answer: b
25. Corresponding Tala of Keharva in Carnatic Music :
a. Adi Tala
b. Ata Tala
c. Misra Jhampa
d. Rupaka
Answer: a
26. Corresponding Tala of Rupaka in Sopana Sangita :
a. Chempata
b. Panchari
c. Atanta
d. Champa
Answer: b
27. What do you mean by ‘Dhekka’ ?
a. One of the stages in Tabla playing
b. A pleasing combination of bols
c. The basic composition of rhythm instruments
d. The basic layakari for rhythm instruments
Answer: c
28. The name in which the reckoning of Tala used in Bhajan Sampradaya :
a. Panchaka
b. Kriyanga
c. Urdhvaka
d. Ussiadi
Answer: d
29. What is anibadha gana ?
a. not bounded by Tala
b. bounded by Tala
c. a type of composition
d. a classical song set in Tala
Answer: a
30. What is Avarthana ?
a. The essential characteristic of Tala
b. Sets of rhythmic Units
c. Rhythmic Variation
d. Rhythmic cycle of a Tala
Answer: d
31. Total Matras of Tisrajati Druda Talam :
a. 9
b. 11
c. 14
d. 16
Answer: b
32. Pick up the Pakhavaj player from the following :
a. Vikku Vinayak Ram
b. Raja Chhatrapati Sing
c. Umayalpuram Sivaraman
d. Bafati Khan
Answer: b
33. Tavil belongs to :
a. Ghana Vadya
b. Laya Vadya
c. Sushira Vadya
d. Avanadha Vadya
Answer: d
34. A Tala with 18 Aksharakala :
a. Ata Tala
b. Matya Tala
c. Jhampa Tala
d. Druva Tala
Answer: a
35. Which of the following instruments falls under the category of ‘Sushira Vadya’ ?
a. Sitar
b. Harmonium
c. Sarangi
d. Mrudangam
Answer: b
36. Another name of Adi Tata is :
a. Tisra Jathi Jhampa
b. Chaturasra Jathi Triputa
c. Sankeerna Jathi Eka
d. Khanda Jathi Eka
Answer: b
37. Value of Pluthaviramam :
a. 9
b. 12
c. 13
d. 11
Answer: c
38. Anudrutha is used in which Tala ?
a. Roopak Tala
b. Ata Tala
c. Madya Tala
d. Jhampa Tala
Answer: d
39. Jalatharangam is a/an :
a. Udaga Vadya
b. Tata Vadya
c. Ghana Vadya
d. Avanadha Vadya
Answer: a
40. Odd one out :
a. Tisra Matya
b. Misra Druva
c. Khanta Jhampa
d. Chaturasra Triputa
Answer: b
41. Mizhavu is a percussion instrument used for which art form :
a. Kathakali
b. Ottan Thullal
c. Chakkiyar Koothu
d. Koodiyattam
Correct Answer. Option-C
42. Name of the artist who developed the khanjira as a concert instrument :
a. Naina Pillai
b. Sundaram Pillai
c. Dakshinamurthi Pillai
d. Mamundia Pillai
Answer: d
43. Name the odd one Tala out :
a. Adi
b. Shatpitaputrika
c. Chachatputa
d. Sampatveshta
Answer: a
44. The pattern of Jaties in ascending order is named as :
a. Mridanga Yathi
b. Gopucha Yathi
c. Srothavaha Yathi
d. Damaru Yathi
Answer: c
45. The instrument which corresponds the Mridangam :
a. Khol
b. Dolki
c. Pakhwaj
d. Dolak
Answer: c
46. Panchavadyam is a musical ensemble of which state :
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer: b
47. The fourth name of Pancha Tala :
a. Chempata
b. Karika
c. Sambadveshttam
d. Muriyadantha
Answer: c
48. Number of Mudra holes (Mudrakkannu) in Mridangam Valamthala :
a. 52
b. 64
c. 60
d. 48
Answer: d
49. The fourth name of Marga table :
a. vichithram
b. chithram
c. chithratharam
d. chithrathamam
Answer: c
50. Number of Mallaris :
a. 5
b. 2
c. 6
d. 3
Answer: a
51. The total number of Talas based on the Jaati-Gati bheda in Carnatic Tala System :
a. 105
b. 35
c. 175
d. 108
Answer: c
52. Second layer of the Valamthala of Mridangam :
a. skin of camel
b. skin of horse
c. skin of buffalo
d. skin of goat
Answer: d
53. Number of Pranas in Tala :
a. 10
b. 12
c. 9
d. 8
Answer: a
54. The smallest unit of Tala :
a. Sama
b. Matra
c. Theka
d. Laya
Answer: b
55. Pick up odd one out :
a. Chaturasra Matya
b. Misra Jhampa
c. Misra Triputa
d. Tisra Ata
Answer: c
56. Pick up one of the following which is not belonged to 35 Tala scheme :
a. Shoda Sangas
b. Sooladi Sapta Talas
c. Dhruva Tala
d. Anudrutam
Answer: a
57. The Tala anga Kakapada has the value of :
a. 12 aksharakala
b. 16 aksharakala
c. 8 aksharakala
d. 4 aksharakala
Answer: b
58. The name given to the art of reciting Jaties in confirmity to a Tala in a musical manner is :
a. Thaniavarthanam
b. Thayambaka
c. Konnakkol
d. Alapana
Answer: c
59. Kinds of Laya :
a. 5
b. 8
c. 6
d. 3
Answer: d
60. Main Talas of Carnatic Music are :
a. 7
b. 108
c. 96
d. 10
Answer: a
61. Name of the main Tala used in Panchavadyam :
a. Atantha
b. Triputa
c. Muriadantha
d. Chempata
Answer: b
62. Laghus are clarified into :
a. 7
b. 12
c. 10
d. 5
Answer: c
63. Number of aksharakala in Ananga Tala :
a. 34
b. 24
c. 54
d. 44
Answer: d
64. Thayambaka is an ensemble of :
a. Chenda
b. Mridangam
c. Maddalam
d. Tavil
Answer: a
65. Magudi is also known as :
a. Nagaswaram
b. Bhujnga Swaram
c. Nagapani
d. Kombu
Answer: b
66. Choose the correct order of Suladi Sapta Talas in the increasing order of aksharakala from the following :
a. `I_3 O O, I_4 O I_4 I_4, O I_4, I_7 U O`
b. `I_4 O I_4 I_4, I_3 O O, I_7 U O, O I_4`
c. `O I_4, I_3 O O, I_7 U O, I_4 O I_4 I_4`
d. `O I_4, I_7 U O, I_3 O O, I_4 O I_4 I_4`
Answer: c
67. Musical instruments made of stones :
a. Auto phones
b. Acro phones
c. Chrodophones
d. Lithophones
Answer: d
68. The name given for Tala chapter in Natya Sastra :
a. Tala Vidhi
b. Sapta Tala
c. Tala Prasthara
d. Tala Deepika
Answer: a
69. The Longest Tala among 108 Talas :
a. Sarabhanandana
b. Simhanandana
c. Shatpitaputrika
d. Veeramaddhyam
Answer: b
70. The scheme of Suladi Sapta Tala was systematised by :
a. Syamasastri
b. Venkitamakhi
c. Purandaradasa
d. Annamacharya
Answer: c
71. Name of the instrument defined as Shenai of South :
a. Ottu
b. Pullamkuzhal
c. Nagaswaram
d. Kurumkuzhal
Answer: d
72. The Avanadha instrument that was found first by the primitive people :
a. Bhoomi Dundubhi
b. Padayani
c. Perumbara
d. Panchamugham
Answer: a
73. World music day is :
a. June 26
b. June 21
c. June 24
d. June 20
Answer: b
74. Name of the first Tala in 108 Talas scheme which does not have Pancha Talas :
a. Sarabhanandana
b. Gajaleela
c. Adi
d. Simhanandana
Answer: c
75. The author of the book South Indian Music :
a. Sadasivarao
b. Ravindranath
c. Vaijayanthi Gopal
d. P. Sambamoorthy
Answer: d
76. Find the odd one :
a. Ghata Singari
b. Thimila
c. Daff
d. Ganjira
Answer: b
77. A small tambourine like instrument having copper or brass discs on the frame :
a. Khanjira
b. Ilathalam
c. Udukku
d. Chengila
Answer: a
78. Name of the wind instrument used in Panchavadyam in addition to Conch :
a. Pambai
b. Kuzhal
c. Kombu
d. Kahalam
Answer: c
79. Find the odd one out :
a. Edakka
b. Chenda
c. Thimila
d. Mridangam
Answer: d
80. Panava belongs to which category ?
a. Avanadha Vadya
b. Sushira Vadya
c. Thata Vadya
d. Ghana Vadya
Answer: a