GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Sitar
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Tabla
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Santoor
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Sarod
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92.
Detailed explanation-3: -sitar, stringed instrument of the lute family that is popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Typically measuring about 1.2 metres (4 feet) in length, the sitar has a deep pear-shaped gourd body; a long, wide, hollow wooden neck; both front and side tuning pegs; and 20 arched movable frets.