Shehnai of Bismillah Khan Class 9 Assertion Reason Questions for CBSE students
Assertion Reason questions answers for class 9 English ‘Shehnai of Bismillah Khan’ is available in this page. We have given total 10 assertions for CBSE students.
Board |
CBSE |
Class |
9 |
Subject |
English |
Textbook |
Beehive |
Topic |
Assertion Reason Questions |
1.) Assertion (a): Shehani is the revived form of pungi the soft and melodious sound of which impressed everyone.
Reason (r): A barber of a family of musicians chose a pipe which was longer and broader than pungi with a natural hollow stem. He made seven holes on the body of the pipe. Thus, the pipe made melodious sound when he was playing it by opening and closing the holes.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
2.) Assertion (a): the shehnai is still played in temples and it is an indispensable component of any north Indian wedding.
Reason (r): Ustad Bismillah khan was responsible to bring this instrument onto the classical stage of India.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
3.) Assertion (a): Ustad Bismillah Khan earned the highest civilian award of India the Bharat Ratna at 70 years of age.
Reason (r): Five year old boy Bismillah khan would go to the nearby biharji temple regularly to sing the Bhojpuri Chaita, at the end of which he earned a 1.25 kg weighing laddu as prize given by local maharaja.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
4.) Assertion (a): Bismillah khan belonged to a well-known family of musicians from bihar.
Reason (r): His father Paigambar Bux, grandfather Rasool Bux Khan and other paternal ancestors were great shehnai players.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
5.) Assertion (a): the temple of Balaji and Mangala Maiya and the banks of river ganga became young apprentice Bismillah’s favourite spots to practice playing shehnai in solitude.
Reason (r): The flowing water of river Ganga inspired Bismillah khan to improvise and invent ragas that were considered earlier to be beyond the range of shehnai.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
6.) Assertion (a): With the opening of all India radio Bismillah khan got his big break in 1938.
Reason (r): UstadFaiyaz Khan patted young Bismillah’s back at the end of his recital to the Allahabad music conference and said to work hard and he would make it.
i) Bot a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
7.) Assertion (a): Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai after independence.
Reason (r): He poured his heart out into raagkafi from the red fort to an audience which included Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
8.) Assertion (a): Film director Vijat Bhatt was so impressed by hearing Bismillah playing at a festival he named a film after the instrument called gunjuthishehnai.
Reason (r): In Bismillah’s first abroad visit to Afghanistan, king Zahir Shah was so impressed by him that he gifted his priceless Persian carpets and other souvenirs.
i) Both a and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
9.) Assertion (a): Bismillah Khan was the first Indian to be invited to perform at the prestigious Lincoln centre hall in the United States of America.
Reason (r): He became so famous internationally that an auditorium in Alabama was named after him.
i) Both andr are true and r is the correct explanation of a.
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
10.) Assertion (a): A student of Bismillah Khan once wanted him to head a shehnai school in the USA and the student promised to recreate the atmosphere of Benaras by replicating the temples there.
Reason (r): Though Bismillah Khan travelled all over the world, he was exceedingly fond of Benaras and Dumraon which remained the most wonderful towns of the world to him.
i) Both and r are true and r is the correct explanation of a. this
ii) Both a and r are true but r is not the correct explanation of a.
iii) A is true but r is false.
iv) A is false but r is true.
Answers. 1. i), 2. ii), 3. iv), 4. i), 5. i), 6. ii), 7. i), 8. ii), 9. iii), 10. iii).
Also See: The Sound of Music Chapter Assertion Reason Questions