Songs and Music practice question for SSC. Review the correct answer and explanation, then continue with related practice below.
Dhenka is a well-known musical instrument of which one of the following Indian states?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
A. OdishaA. ओडिशा
Explanationव्याख्या
The correct answer is Odisha.
According to the source, Dhenka is a well-known musical instrument of Odisha.
The book further provides an interesting literary association by stating that the instrument Dhenka alone was responsible for the composition of a number of poems by Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha through its novel melodious tunings.
Therefore, this PYQ should not be remembered merely as an instrument-state pair.
The complete source-supported association is: Dhenka — Odisha — musical instrument — Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha — melodious tunings associated with the composition of a number of poems.
For competitive examinations, questions about Indian musical instruments are frequently framed by asking their state or region of origin.
Odisha is especially important because the same section of the book later contains another question about Mahuri, which is also identified as a traditional musical instrument of Odisha.
Students should keep these instrument-state pairs organised separately.
Goa is associated in the immediately following question with Ghumot, while Kerala and Maharashtra are distractors in this PYQ.
This makes comparative revision useful: Dhenka — Odisha; Ghumot — Goa.
The source does not classify Dhenka as a percussion, wind, string or other type of instrument in this explanation.
Therefore such a classification should not be presented as source-derived information.
It also does not give details of its construction or performance occasions.
Quick revision: Dhenka — Odisha — well-known musical instrument — associated in the source with Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha and the composition of poems through its melodious tunings.
Hence option (a), Odisha, is correct.
सही उत्तर ओडिशा है। स्रोत के अनुसार Dhenka Odisha का एक well-known musical instrument है। पुस्तक इसके साथ एक interesting literary association भी देती है। Source के अनुसार Dhenka की novel melodious tunings के कारण Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha द्वारा कई poems की composition हुई। इसलिए इस PYQ को केवल instrument-state pair के रूप में याद करना पर्याप्त नहीं है। Complete source-supported association है: Dhenka — Odisha — Musical Instrument — Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha — Melodious Tunings — Poems की Composition। Competitive examinations में Indian musical instruments को उनके state या region के साथ match करने वाले questions बहुत common हैं। Odisha विशेष रूप से important है क्योंकि इसी section में आगे Mahuri को भी Odisha का traditional musical instrument बताया गया है। इसलिए instruments को state-wise organise करके revise करना उपयोगी रहेगा। Immediately next question में Goa को Ghumot से associate किया गया है। Comparative revision करें: Dhenka — Odisha; Ghumot — Goa। Source इस explanation में Dhenka को percussion, wind, string या किसी अन्य instrument category में classify नहीं करती। इसलिए ऐसी classification को source-derived fact के रूप में नहीं जोड़ा गया है। इसके construction या performance occasions की भी जानकारी नहीं दी गई है। Quick revision: Dhenka — Odisha — Well-known Musical Instrument — Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha — Melodious Tunings। इसलिए विकल्प (a), ओडिशा, सही उत्तर है।
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