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Key Facts: Maharashtra HSC History and Development of Indian Music Exam

Subject code 65

Official MSBSHSE HSC subject code for History and Development of Indian Music

MSBSHSE HSC general subject codes (mahahsscboard.org/hscsub.htm)

100 marks

Each Indian Music subject (including code 65) is commonly treated as a full 100-mark unit

MSBSHSE Indian Music syllabus choice notes

35%

Common minimum passing floor per HSC subject under MSBSHSE

Maharashtra HSC pass-mark practice (~35% each subject)

Written theory paper

Official code 65 assessment is a written theory paper, not pure MCQ

MSBSHSE Indian Music theory subject scheme

Pairing with 66/67/68

Code 65 is often compulsory with practical Indian Music papers and may also be taken alone

MSBSHSE Indian Music choice-of-subject notes

English MCQ adaptation

This free local bank is not the official Higher Secondary written-paper format

OpenExamPrep practice policy

Maharashtra MSBSHSE HSC History and Development of Indian Music (code 65) is a Class 12 written theory subject (commonly 100 marks, ~35% pass floor), compulsory with practical Indian Music papers and also takeable alone — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for history, gharanas, biographies, forms, instruments, and stage knowledge only.

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1MSBSHSE lists History and Development of Indian Music under which HSC subject code?
A.Subject code 67 (Vocal Classical Music)
B.Subject code 65
C.Subject code 73 (European Music)
D.Subject code 69 (Percussion only)
Explanation: On the Maharashtra HSC general subject-codes list, History and Development of Indian Music is subject code 65. Codes 66–69 cover practical Indian Music branches; European Music is separately coded.
2In the traditional Indian fourfold classification of instruments (Natya Shastra tradition), Tata vadya means:
A.Wind instruments only
B.Stringed (chordophone) instruments
C.Solid idiophones struck together only
D.Membrane drums only
Explanation: Tata (or Tat) vadya are stringed instruments such as tanpura, veena, sitar, and sarod. Wind instruments are sushira; membrane drums are avanaddha; solid struck instruments are ghana.
3Tabla belongs primarily to which instrument class?
A.Tata vadya
B.Sushira vadya
C.Avanaddha vadya
D.Ghana vadya only
Explanation: Tabla is a pair of membrane-covered drums and is classified as avanaddha vadya (membranophone).
4Tanpura is best described as:
A.A double-reed wind solo instrument like the shehnai
B.A drone string instrument that provides continuous tonal reference in classical performance
C.A pair of tuned drums used only for light music
D.A solid idiophone used only in temple processions
Explanation: The tanpura (tampura) is a long-necked string drone instrument that supplies continuous sa–pa (or sa–ma) support so performers stay in pitch.
5In Hindustani classical music, Khayal (Khyal) is primarily:
A.A pure percussion solo form with no melody
B.A major improvisatory vocal form built on a bandish with alap and taan development
C.Only a Western orchestral movement label
D.A classification of wind instruments
Explanation: Khayal is the dominant modern Hindustani vocal form: a composition (bandish) in a raga and tala is expanded through alap, bol work, and taan.
6Bhajan, in Indian music culture, most typically refers to:
A.A strictly secular court dance form only
B.A devotional song form praising a deity or spiritual theme
C.A pure tabla theka with no lyrics
D.A Western sonata-allegro blueprint
Explanation: Bhajan is a devotional vocal genre expressing bhakti; it may draw on classical ragas but is generally treated as light/devotional rather than full-scale khayal presentation.
7A gharana in Hindustani music is best defined as:
A.A government tax on concert tickets
B.A stylistic school or lineage of teaching and performance tradition
C.Only a type of tabla drum head
D.A fixed list of ten thaats invented in Europe
Explanation: Gharana means a hereditary or pedagogical lineage with characteristic style (gayaki, repertoire, and training methods), such as Gwalior, Agra, Jaipur, or Kirana for khyal.
8Gurukul padhhati traditionally means music learning through:
A.Only self-study from YouTube without a teacher
B.Close residential or long-term discipleship under a guru
C.Only written university examinations with no oral training
D.Only group marching-band rehearsal
Explanation: Gurukul padhhati is the classical teacher–disciple system: the shishya learns by prolonged personal training, imitation, and oral transmission under a guru.
9Ustad Bismillah Khan is most famous as a master of the:
A.Sitar
B.Shehnai
C.Sarod
D.Tabla
Explanation: Ustad Bismillah Khan elevated the shehnai (a double-reed wind instrument) to concert stature and is inseparably linked with that instrument in modern Indian music history.
10Pt. Ravi Shankar is internationally renowned primarily as a:
A.Shehnai soloist of Banaras gharana only
B.Sitar maestro and global ambassador of Hindustani instrumental music
C.Founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli vocal gharana
D.Playback singer known only for film qawwali
Explanation: Pandit Ravi Shankar popularised the sitar worldwide, collaborated across genres, and became a central figure in 20th-century Hindustani instrumental music.

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