Question

With which of the following instruments is the musician Tulsidas Borkar associated?
1. Shehnai
2. Tabla
3. Harmonium
4. Flute

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Harmonium

The correct answer is Harmonium.

• Tulsidas Borkar is associated with Harmonium.

• He was the recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. 
• He was also the recipient of Bal Gandharva Gaurav Puraskar.
• Harmonium:
  • Harmonium usually belongs to the family of free-reed aerophones.
  • The instrument is a small, tabletop size organ that has bellows at the back that is pumped by one hand while the other hand plays the keyboard. 

• Ustaad Bismillah Khan was associated with Shehnai.
  • Shehnai the wind instrument is believed to have been introduced in India by the Muslims.
  • Shehnai is the predominant double-reed wind instrument used in North Indian music.
• Zakir Hussain is associated with Tabla.
  • Tabla is the most popular pair of drums in the Indian Sub-continent.
  • Tabla is a pair of drums that consists of a small right-hand drum called Dayan and a larger metal one called bayan
• Hariprasad Chaurasia is a maestro of flute.