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Key Facts: PSEB SS Music Vocal Exam

45 + 50 + 5

PSEB Senior Secondary Music Vocal Theory + Practical + Project/INA mark split

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies 2026–27

Code 036

Music (Vocal) subject code on PSEB Senior Secondary materials

PSEB Scheme of Studies / syllabus

33%

Separate pass floor in Theory, Practical, INA, and aggregate

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies 2026–27

4 ragas

Prescribed Class 12 vocal ragas: Bhairav, Bhimpalasi, Malkauns, Khamaj

PSEB Class 12 Music Vocal syllabus 2025–26

English MCQ adaptation

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PSEB Senior Secondary Music (Vocal) is a Class 12 public-exam subject with Theory 45 + Practical 50 + INA 05 (code 036) and 33% pass separately in theory, practical, INA, and aggregate — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for PSEB-aligned Class 12 Music Vocal theory only; it does not simulate practical performance.

Sample PSEB SS Music Vocal Practice Questions

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1In Hindustani music theory, varna primarily means:
A.A fixed pattern of note movement used as a building block of melody
B.Only the name of a tabla theka
C.Only a Western key signature
D.Only the school attendance register
Explanation: Varna refers to the basic patterns of swara movement (sthayi, arohi, avarohi, sanchari) from which alankars and phrases are built.
2Kan (sparsh) in vocal music is best described as:
A.Only the bass drum of a Western kit
B.A light grace-note touch of a neighbouring swara before the main note
C.A full 16-matra tala cycle only
D.A complete bandish with two antaras only
Explanation: Kan is a brief ornamental touch of an adjacent note that colours the main swara without becoming an independent phrase.
3Khatka is typically characterised as:
A.Only a tala khali clap pattern
B.Only a written exam essay title
C.A rapid cluster of several notes delivered as a single ornamental stroke
D.Only a slow sustained drone on Sa
Explanation: Khatka is a sharp, quick multi-note ornament that flashes through neighbouring swaras as one articulated gesture.
4Murki is best understood as:
A.Only the first beat (sam) of every tala
B.Only a thaat name in Bhatkhande’s list
C.Only a folk dance step from Punjab
D.A light, quick turning ornament of a few notes, lighter than a heavy gamak
Explanation: Murki is a delicate, rapid turn of notes used as grace; it is lighter and more playful than heavy gamak oscillation.
5Gamak in classical singing primarily refers to:
A.A forceful oscillatory shaking of a note or phrase for weight and intensity
B.Only silent counting of matras without bols
C.Only the left-hand bass drum skin name
D.Only a Western staccato mark
Explanation: Gamak is a heavy, deliberate oscillation that gives a note or phrase strength and gravity, especially in dhrupad- and khayal-style delivery.
6In syllabus terminology, gayak means:
A.Only a raga’s ascending scale
B.A singer (vocal performer)
C.Only a tabla player
D.Only a tala cycle of 7 matras
Explanation: Gayak is the singer; related terms include gayaki (the singing style/approach) and discussion of gun–dosh (merits and faults) of a singer.
7Gayaki most accurately means:
A.Only the bols of Dhamar tala
B.Only the name of thaat Bhairav
C.A singer’s overall style, approach, and manner of presenting music
D.Only the metal keys of a harmonium
Explanation: Gayaki is the distinctive way a singer shapes phrases, ornaments, layakari, and emotion—essentially the art of singing style.
8A shuddha (shudh) raga is one that:
A.Must always use only teevra Madhyam
B.Is defined only by having 5 notes in both ascent and descent
C.Can only be sung after midnight
D.Keeps a pure, independent identity without mixing the colour of another raga
Explanation: Shuddha raga means a pure raga whose chalan does not intentionally borrow another raga’s distinctive colour (contrast chhayalag and sankirna).
9A chhayalag (chhayalaga) raga is best described as:
A.A raga that shows the shadow/influence of another raga while remaining distinct
B.A raga that uses no komal swaras at all
C.Only a tala with khali on the first beat
D.Only an instrumental solo form without voice
Explanation: Chhayalag ragas carry the ‘shadow’ (chhaya) of another raga’s colour in their phraseology while still holding their own identity.
10A sankirna (sankiran) raga is one that:
A.Must be performed only with dhrupad bols
B.Is mixed/compound in nature, combining features of more than one raga source
C.Always has exactly 7 notes and no ornaments
D.Is identical to a thaat scale with no performance rules
Explanation: Sankirna ragas are compound/mixed forms that weave characteristics of multiple ragas, as taught opposite pure (shuddha) identity.

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