Question

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1. Guitar
2. Flute
3. Violin
4. Sarod

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Sarod

The correct answer is Sarod.

• Ustad Amjad Ali Khan-
  • A distinguished maestro in the field of playing the sarod, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is popularly known as the “Sarod Samrat“.
  • He is the sixth generation sarod player in his family.
  • He learned from his father Haafiz Ali Khan, who was a court musician in Gwalior up until Independence in 1947.
  • He was awarded India's second-highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
  • The name sarod comes from the Persian ‘sarod’ meaning ‘melody’, alluding to its more melodic tone.

Instrument	Famous instrumentalist of India
Tabla	Zakir Hussain Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Pandit Anokhelal Mishra Ahmad Jan Thirakwa
Violin	L. Subramaniam N. Rajam Ragini Shankar L. Athira Krishna
Veena	Muthuswami Dikshitar Veenai Dhanammal Veena Sheshanna