PSEB SS Music Instrumental Practice Questions - Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Senior Secondary Music (Instrumental) (Class 12 - subject code 037) Exam - PSEB SS Music Instrumental Practice Questions - Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Senior Secondary Music (Instrumental) (Class 12

Question 1

In PSEB Class 12 Music Instrumental theory, a mizrab is best described as:

A wire plectrum worn on the right-hand finger to pluck sitar strings A wooden bridge under the tabla bayan only A type of slow tala with 7 matras only The lower gourd resonator of the tanpura only

Correct Answer:

A wire plectrum worn on the right-hand finger to pluck sitar strings

Question 2

Meend (meend) in Hindustani instrumental technique primarily means:

A continuous gliding transition between notes without discrete breaks Playing only open strings with no left-hand fretting Striking the tabla with the elbow only Writing tala bols in Western staff notation only

Correct Answer:

A continuous gliding transition between notes without discrete breaks

Question 3

Kan (kan-swar) in instrumental ornamentation typically refers to:

A brief grace or touch-note that ornaments a principal swara A full 16-matra Teental cycle only The metal frets of a sitar only A type of double-reed wind instrument only

Correct Answer:

A brief grace or touch-note that ornaments a principal swara

Question 4

Jhalla (jhala) in sitar performance is best characterised as:

A fast, rhythmic closing phase using chikari/drone strings with dense plucking Only the very first unmetered alap phrase of a raga A tala with exactly 10 matras and 2 khalis only The written biography of a gharana founder only

Correct Answer:

A fast, rhythmic closing phase using chikari/drone strings with dense plucking

Question 5

Chikari strings on a sitar are primarily used to:

Provide high-pitched rhythmic drone accents, especially in jhalla Replace the tabla entirely in every performance Carry only the melody of the national anthem Tune the tabla bayan with a hammer

Correct Answer:

Provide high-pitched rhythmic drone accents, especially in jhalla

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