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NCERT Solved Exercise of The Sound of Music Part 2 The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

NCERT Solved Exercise of The Sound of Music Part 2 The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

NCERT Solved Exercise of The Sound of Music Part 2  The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

NCERT Solved Exercise of The Sound of Music Part 2 The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

NCERT Solved Exercise

Thinking about the Text

Tick the right answer

Question 1. The (shehnai, pungi) was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’

Answer – The pungi was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’

Question 2. (Bishmillah Khan, a barbar, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into shehnai.

Answer – A barber transformed the pungi into shehnai.

Question 3. Bishmillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were (barber, professional musicians.)

Answer – Bishmillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were professional musicians.

Question 4. Bishmillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Fayaz Khan).

Answer – Bishmillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from Ali Bux.

Question 5. Bishmillah Khan’s first trip to aboard was to (Afghanistan, USA, Canada).

Answer – Bishmillah Khan’s first trip to aboard was to Afghanistan.

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Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bishmillah Khan’s feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (√) in the correct column. Discuss your answer in class.

Bishmillah Khan’s feeling about

1. Teaching children music

Answer – Positive (√)

2. The film world

Answer – Negative (√)

3. Migrating to the USA

Answer – Negative (√)

4. Playing at temples

Answer – Positive (√)

5. Getting the Bharat Ratna

Answer – Positive (√)

6. The Banks of Ganga

Answer – Positive (√)

7. Leaving Banaras and Dumraon

Answer – Negative (√)

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Answer these questions in 30-40 words.

Question 1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

Answer – Aurangzeb banned the playing of the Pungi because it had a shrill, unpleasant sound.

Question 2. How is a shehnai different from pungi?

Answer – Shehnai is different from a pungi. Shehnai is broader and longer than pungi. It has seven holes on the body. Its sound is more pleasant than pungi.

Question 3. Where was the shehani played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?

Answer – The shehnai was traditionally played at royal courts, temples and weddings because it is considered auspicious. Bismillah Khan changed just it just by producing new raags that were earlier thought to be beyond the shehnai’s scope. He raised its playing to classical level.

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Question 4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

Answer – Bismillah Khan got the big break with the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938.


Question 5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?

Answer – Bismillah Khan played shehnai on August 15, 1947 at the Red Fort in Delhi. The event was historic because he was the first Indian to greet the nation with his musical instruments.

Question 6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the USA?

Answer – Bismillah Khan refused to start a shehnai school in the USA because he loved Banaras and Dumraon.

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Question 7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Banaras.

Answer – The two instances that tell us that Bismillah Khan loved India and Banaras are –

(i) He says, “….. whenever I am in a foreign country, I keep yearning to see India.”

(ii) He says, “While in Mumbai, I think of only Banaras and the holy Ganga.”

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