Question

The noted musician Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with which of the following Indian classical music instruments?
1. Santoor
2. Shehnai
3. Sitar
4. Tabla

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Sitar

The answer is Sitar.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012):
  • He 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 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.
  • Ravi Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 1999 and received three Grammy Awards for his outstanding work.

• Famous Indian musicians:

  Musician	Instrument
  Shehnai	Bismillah Khan, Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, Rajendra Prasanna
  Tabla	Zakir Hussain, Anindo Chatterjee
  Sitar	Vilayat Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Annapurna Devi, Anoushka Shankar
  Santoor	Shivkumar Sharma, Bhajan Sopori