RABINDRA SANGEET
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Where did Tagore compose the song “ Aamar kantha hote gan ke nilo” ?
(1) Bolpur
(2) Shantiniketan
(3) Kolkata
(4) Tindhariya
2. Who composed the Gitinatya ‘ Basanta – Utsab’ ?
(1) Barnakumari Devi
(2) Abhigya Devi
(3) Swarnakumari Devi
(4) Kadambari Devi
3. Atulprasad’s “Eso he eso he prane pranasakha” resembles Tagore’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1) Saphala karo he prabhu aji sakha
(2) He sakha mamo hridaye raho
(3) Kon sudur hote
(4) Sakhi oi bujhi banshi baje
4. “Pal tule oi ase tomar surerii tari” this line is from the song :
(1) Kotha Je udhao holo
(2) Eso nipobane chyabithi tale
(3) Ekla bose badal seshe
(4) Pub haoyate dey dola aaj mori
5. “ Ogo tomra sabai bhalo” occurs in :
(a) Goray galad
(b) Seshraksha
(c) Prem
(d) Ganer bahi
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (c) and (d)
6. Which song does thematically signify the essence of the play ‘Shapmochan’ ?
(1) Ami elem tomar dware
(2) Kotha baire dure Jay re
(3) Sedin dujane dulechinu bone
(4) E sudhu aloso maya
7. Find out the song which is tuned in raga ‘Natanarayana’ ?
(1) Bela je chole jay
(2) Shok tap gelo dure
(3) Na jani kotha elum
(4) Jao re ananta dhame
8. Which of the following songs has the style of Saarigaan ?
(1) Khara bau bay bege
(2) Je tomay chhare chharuk
(3) Tumi hathat haway
(4) Jodi tor dak sune keu
9. The book ‘Kobikatha’ is written by :
(1) Sudhir Kar
(2) Shantidev Ghosh
(3) Sankha Ghosh
(4) Sudhir Chakraborty
10. Find out the odd one from the perspective of taal :
(1) Sunyo hate phiri he
(2) Mukha pane cheye dekhi
(3) Prachanda garjane
(4) Pratidina taba gatha
11. Who among the following is not a notation maker ?
(1) Asit Kumar Halder
(2) Arnold Adrien Bake
(3) V. Balsara
(4) Rama kar (Mazumder)
12. What is the last poem-cum-song of kheya ?
(1) Tumi e par o par karo ke go ogo kheyar neye
(2) Amar naiba holo pare Jaoya
(3) Ghate bose achhi anmana
(4) Bela gelo tomar patha cheye
13. To whom did Tagore dedicate his work Khey ?
(1) Satyendranath Basu
(2) Jagadishchandra Basu
(3) Meghnad Saha
(4) Ramendra Sundar Trivedi
14. As per chronology, Gitali is followed by :
(1) Gitimalya
(2) Palataka
(3) Balaka
(4) Gitabitan – Part I
15. What was Tagore’s age when he composed the song “Anando dwani Jagao gogone” ?
(1) 31
(2) 32
(3) 30
(4) 33
16. In which year Tagore composed the song “Amar ekti katha banshi Jane” ?
(1) 1915
(2) 1916
(3) 1917
(4) 1918
17. In which year Tagore wrote the song “Badal meghe madal baje “ ?
(1) 1918 August
(2) 1919 August
(3) 1921 August
(4) 1920 August
18. In which year The Golden Book of Tagore was published ?
(1) 1928
(2) 1930
(3) 1931
(4) 1932
19. Trace out the correct pair from the following :
(1) Oi ke amay phire dake – Mayar khela
(2) Se je pathik amar – Shyama
(3) Gharete Bhramar elo – Chitrangada
(4) Kon bandhaner granthi – Chandalika
20. Identify the correct pair :
(1) Jadi tor dak shune – Ami kothay pabo tare
(2) Amar sonar bangla – Monmajhi samal samal
(3) Ore agun amar bhai – Amar Gour kene kende eloo Narahari
(4) Ebar tor mara gange – Harinam diye jagat
21. Identify the song which is from ‘Chandalika’ ?
(1) Pakhi amar nirer pakhi
(2) Uro pakhi asbe phire
(3) Pakhi tor sur bhulis ne
(4) Pakhi bale chanpa amare kao
22. What is the title of the song Visva – vina – rabe visvajana mohichhe as mentioned in Herbert A.
Popley’s The Music of India (Heritage of India series) ?
(1) Cosmic Music
(2) Music of the Sphere
(3) Visva – Vina
(4) The Lyre of the Universe
23. Where do you find the song ?
“Aawe piyarawa rimi jhimi barakhana lage” ?
(1) In the poem “Bhiru” (Punascha)
(2) In the novel Yogayog
(3) In Chhelebela
(4) In the play Shrabangatha
24. What is the starting note of the songs ?
“Je dhrubapada diyechhe bandhi”,
“Jadi e amar hridaya duyar”,
“Tumi kemon kore gan karo he guni”,
“Dekechhen priyatama” ?
(1) Dha
(2) Komal ni
(3) Upper sa
(4) Upper re
25. Find out the incorrect statement :
‘He mor chitta punya tirthe’ is –
(1) A poem of Tagore.
(2) A song of prakriti paryay.
(3) Taal of this song is Dadra.
(4) Name of this poem is ‘Bharat Tirtha’.
26. Identify the taal which is used in “He mono tanre dekho” ?
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
27. Read the notation and answer the following four consecutive questions :
Recognise the song :
(1) Ke bosile aji
(2) Janani tomar karuno charonokhani
(3) Anando tumi swami, mongalo tumi
(4) Kato ajanare Janaile tumi
28. What is the last line of the song ‘Oke dharile to dhara debe na’ ?
(1) Adhir charan tabo bandhiya dhari
(2) Bhebei na kulay re
(3) Tare ke ar parbe
(4) O ye tai ase, tai phere
29. What is the first line of the Fifth stanza of the song – “Janaganamano-adhinayak Jayo he” ?
(1) Yara tabo shakti Lavilo
(2) Ahoraha tabo ahvan pracharita
(3) Ratri prabhatilo, udilo rabichhabi
(4) Ghorotimirghano nibira nisithe
30. Find out the song which starts from the Gandhar (suddha) :
(1) Ami phirbo na re
(2) Or maner e bandh
(3) sakal bhayer bhay ye tare
(4) sei to basanto phire elo
31. Match List – I with List – II :
32. Match List-I with List-II :
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37. Match the following :
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39. Match List – I with List – II :
40. Arrange in chronological order of publication :
(a) Sangeetragkalpodrum
(b) Sangeetsarsangraho 2nd part
(c) Gitratna
(d) Sangeetratnomala
Code :
(1) (c), (a), (d), (b)
(2) (a), (d), (b), (c)
(3) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(4) (d), (b), (c), (a)
41. Arrange chronologically :
(a) Chitrangada
(b) Shyama
(c) Tasher desa
(d) Chandalika
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (c), (a), (d), (b)
(3) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(4) (d), (c), (b), (a)
42. Arrange the following chronologically :
(a) Kabuliwala
(b) Kshudito pashan
(c) Nasta Neer
(d) Laboratory
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(3) (c), (d), (a), (b)
(4) (d), (a), (b), (c)
43. Assertion (A) : Artistes and scholar-teachers of Rabindra Sangeet must have training in classical music.
Reason (R) : Classical training polishes voice, makes it tuneful, helps one to recognize ragas used and is helpful for tune-analysis and notation making, as well as notation writing.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are justified.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are utterly nonsense.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are partially true, not totally.
(4) (A) not necessarily, (R) not necessarily.
44. Assertion (A) : ”Diner seshe ghumer deshe” despite being written by Rabindranath, cannot be called a Rabindra sangeet.
Reason (R) : It is just a poem. Tagore did not set it into musical tune. The poem is that of day – ending but the tune given by Pankaj Kumar Mallik is that of morning.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are justified.
(2) (A) is doubtful (R) cannot be taken as a logical syllogism.
(3) Fans of Pankaj Kumar Mallik know it as Rabindra Sangeet. So (A) is correct.
(4) It should have been included in Gitabitan and Swarabitan.
Read the following text and answer the next six questions (Q. No 45 to 50) :
After listening to kheyal and dhrupad a famous music scholar commented “a battle between the voice and the accompaniment”. But after listening to Rabindra sangeet the same scholar writes :
“A different kind of interest and still greater pleasure was afforded by a visit to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet. In accordance with the best Indian tradition he is a poet and musician in one. To hear him sing is to realize that the notes of his songs are no longer their mere selves, but the vehicle of a personality, and as such they go beyond this of that system of music to that beauty of sound which all systems put out their hands to seize. These melodies are such as would have satisfied Plato.”
Clue :
The scholar scored in staff notation “Jibone Jato puja”, “Jadi tor dak shune keu na ase”, “Amare karo tomaro bina”, “Ami chini go chini tomare ogo bideshini”, “Mamo jaubana nikunje gahe pakhi” among quite a number of songs sung by Tagore to him/her.
45. Who is this music – scholar ?
(1) Peggy Holroyde
(2) Mark Levy
(3) A.H. Fox Strangways
(4) Kurt Sachs
46. What is the title of his / her book ?
(1) Music of Bengal
(2) The music of Hindustan
(3) Rabindra sangeet in staff notation
(4) Indian Music
47. Name the publisher of this book :
(1) The clarendon Press : Oxford
(2) The Oxford University Press
(3) The Cambridge University Press
(4) Y.M.C.A. Calcutta
48. In which year the book was published ?
(1) 1911
(2) 1912
(3) 1913
(4) 1914
49. Who drew the front piece portrait of this book ?
(1) The author himself
(2) Tagore himself
(3) William Rothenrtein
(4) William Buttler yeats
50. Mention the raga and tala of the song “Mamo jaubana nikunje gahe pakhi” as mentioned by the scholar in his / her book :
(1) Kafi, Ektala
(2) Sindhu, Ektala
(3) Barowan, Ektala
(4) Jhinjhit, Ektala
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