Question

Pandit Ravi Shankar was well known for his mastery in ________.
1. Sitar
2. Violin
3. Flute
4. Sarod

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Sitar

The correct answer is Sitar.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitar virtuoso and a composer. 
• He became the world's best-known exponent of North Indian classical music, in the second half of the 20^th century.
• Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.
• He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan.
• Shankar developed a style distinct from that of his contemporaries and incorporated influences from rhythm practices of Carnatic music.

 

• Indian Music Instruments and Players:
  • Sitar: Ravi Shankar, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Vilayat Khan, Uma Shankar Mishra, Nikhil Banerjee, Raiz Khan, Harashankar Bhattacharya, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
  • Sarod: Amjad Ali Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Rajiv Taranath
  • Violin: V.G. Jog, Lalgudi Jayaraman, T.N. Krishnan, Yehudi Mennuhin, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Kunnukkudi Vaidyanathan, Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar, L. Subramaniam, Chandayya, Kantha Devi, Gajannan Rao Joshi (Hindustani), Zubin Mehta (Western).
  • Flute: N.Ramani, Hariprasad Chaurasia, T.R. Mahalingam, Pannalal Ghosh, T. S. Shankaran, Sikkil Sisters.