Question : Which Indian musician served as the artistic director of the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory in the Netherlands?

Option 1: Hariprasad Chaurasia

Option 2: Pravin Godkhindi

Option 3: Ronu Majumdar

Option 4: Nityanand Haldipur

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Music can improve mood, decrease pain and anxiety, and facilitate opportunities for emotional expression. Research (1)______ that music can benefit our physical and mental health in numerous ways. Music can (2)______ the brain’s production of the hormone dopamine. This increased dopamine production helps (3)________ feelings of anxiety and depression. Music is processed directly by the amygdala, which is the part of the brain (4)________ in mood and emotions. By reducing stress levels and providing a strong competing stimulus to the pain (5) ________ that enter the brain, music therapy can assist in pain management.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 3.

Option 1: intensify

Option 2: amend

Option 3: enhance

Option 4: relieve

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The concept of motivation focuses on explaining what 'moves' behaviour. In fact, the term (1)_______ is derived from the Latin word 'movere', referring to the movement of activity. Most of our everyday explanation of (2)________ is given in terms of motives. Motives also help in making (3)__________ about behaviour. A person will work hard in school, in sports, in business, in music, and in many other situations, if he/she has a very strong need for (4)__________. Hence, motives are the general states that enable us to make predictions about behaviour in many different situations. In other words, motivation is one of the (5)_________ of behaviour. Instincts, drives, needs, goals, and incentives come under the broad cluster of motivation.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number (3).

Option 1: clarifications

Option 2: predictions

Option 3: directions

Option 4: decisions

Question : In which field Balwant Moreshwar Purandare has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2019?

Option 1: In folk dance

Option 2: In art-acting-theatre (theatre)

Option 3: In music-flute

Option 4: In painting

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.

Question:
Aristotle believed that virtuous citizens could be produced by cultivating:

Option 1: art and music

Option 2: mathematics and science

Option 3: theoretical aspects of education

Option 4: habit and reason

Question : Identify the famous Indian music personality.

In 2011, the Guinness Book of World Records officially acknowledged her as the most-recorded artist in music history.

Option 1: Asha Bhosle

Option 2: Shreya Ghoshal

Option 3: Usha Uthup

Option 4: Alka Yagnik

Question : The sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Despite numerous setbacks and rejections, he refused to give up on his dream of making it big.
B. John had always been a talented musician, but he struggled to find his place in the competitive and cutthroat music industry.
C. With the help of a supportive community of fellow musicians and fans, John continued to hone his craft and develop his own unique sound.
D. Eventually, his hard work paid off and he landed a record deal with a major label.

Option 1: BACD

Option 2: DCAB

Option 3: BDAC

Option 4: CBAD