Class 9 English Chapter 2 The Sound Of Music Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Ustad bismillah khan is perfect example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Both a and b.

2. Who was Ustad Bismillah Khan's grandfather?

Correct Answer: B) Rasool Bux Khan.

3. What was Evelyn Glennie's Profession?

Correct Answer: A) Multi-Percussionist.

4. Where was Evelyn Glennie born? (Refer your book)

Correct Answer: D) Scotland.

5. Ustad bismillah khan was born in

Correct Answer: C) Dumbraon.

6. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the Shehnai form

Correct Answer: C) (a) Ali bux.

7. At what age Evelyn discovered that her hearing was severely impaired due to gradual nerve damage?

Correct Answer: B) Eleven.

8. Who do you know is Bismillah Khan?

Correct Answer: C) The Shehnai Mastro.

9. Who first noticed that Evelyn was losing her hearing ability?

Correct Answer: D) Her mother.

10. Who banned the playing of Pungi?

Correct Answer: A) Emperror Aurangzeb.

11. When she was 16, Evelyn Glennie toured the United Kingdom and was part of a youth orchestra.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. How does Evelyn sense/feels the music when she plays xylophone?

Correct Answer: A) Vibrations.

13. The maxiumu displcement of a body from its mean position is called

Correct Answer: A) Amplitude.

14. Which country is the capital of "Music Capital-Vienna" ?

Correct Answer: C) Austria.

15. Which instrument does Evelyn mostly play?

Correct Answer: B) Xylophone.

16. How old was Evelyn when she lost her hearing?

Correct Answer: C) 11 years old.

17. What did the barbers decide to do?

Correct Answer: D) To improve the quality of pungi.

18. In which year was Bismillah Khan given the Bharat Ratna award?

Correct Answer: C) 2001.

19. What/Who inspired Bismillah Khan to invent raagas that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai?

Correct Answer: D) The flowing waters ofthe Ganga.

20. How did Evelyn Glennie become deaf?

Correct Answer: C) Through a gradual process.