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A R Rahman received the Academy Award in 2009 for which of the following movies?
Roja
Lagaan
Bombay Dreams
Slumdog Millionaire
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the National Film Award for best male playback singer for his rendition in which of the following Hindi movies of 1985?
Ankahee
Basant Bahar
Tansen
Sandhya Raga
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As of February 2022, the purse money for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellows is ________.
₹3 lakh
₹4 lakh
₹2 lakh
₹1 lakh
General Knowledge » Awards and Honors
Who among the following is known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music?
GN Balasubramaniam
Kaushiki Chakraborty
Girija Devi
Gangubai Hangal
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Who among the following personalities has been conferred with the Padma Shri in 2022 for his contribution to Baiga dance and Music?
Girdhari Ram
Savaji Bhai Dholakia
Arjun Singh Dhurve
Chandra Prakash
General Knowledge » Awards and Honors
Ricky Kej a globally acclaimed musician from India won the 57th Grammy Award for which of the following contributions?
Winds of Samsara
Divine Tides
Mystic Mountains
Mountain Dreams
General Knowledge » Awards and Honors
Which of the following countries won the highest gold medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
Australia
United States of America
Japan
China
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Shanta and VP Dhananjayan were awarded the Rashtriya Kalidas Samman for 2020-21 for significant contribution to which of the following dance forms?
Bharatanatyam
Kathakali
Odissi
Kuchipudi
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Who gives the Bharat Muni Samman?
State Government
Nalanda Dance Research Centre
Government of India
Sangeet Natak Akademi
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‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ is given by which of the following bodies?
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
National School of Drama
Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Manjamma Jogati became India’s first transgender folk dancer to receive a Padma Shri honour for her contribution to art in the year ____.
2021
2012
2009
2018
General Knowledge » Awards and Honors
Guru Bipin Singh was a _________ dancer awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1966.
Odissi
Kathakali
Kathak
Manipuri
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Padma shri Ananda Shankar Jayant, is renowned for her significant contributions to which of the following dance forms?
Bharatanatyam
Odissi
Kathakali
Kathak
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Falguni Pathak is a renowned singer known for which of the following genres?
Marathi folk songs
Rajasthani folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
Awadhi folk songs
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As of February 2022, __________ is the youngest Flex Award winner in the field of Indian classical music instrument Pakhawaj and has joined the Ali Akbar College of Music for his research in Pakhawaj under the guidance of Padma Shri Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.
Nishant Singh
Sukhad Munde
Rishi Shankar Upadhyaya
Arijit Banerjee
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Who among the following Indian Musicians and tabla players was the very first to be invited in 2016 by the then American President Barack Obama to attend the All-Star Global Concert held in the White House?
Alla Rakha
Zakir Hussain
Anindo Chatterjee
Swapan Chaudhuri
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Kishori Amonkar is famous for which of the following forms of music?
Hindustani classical vocals
Bhajan singing
Ghazal singing
Carnatic classical vocals
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Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai, the Bharatanatyam and Kathakali legend has NOT received which of the following awards?
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
Padma Vibhushan
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The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021, for the identification and nurturing of budding and young talent, was given to ____________.
Amity University
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manav Rachna Educational Institution
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Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was renowned a____________.
harmonium player
classical singer
tabla player
sarod player