Pandit Ravi Shankar, the brilliant sitarist, has done a single service to the country by carrying the banner of Indian music across the world.

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions :

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the brilliant sitarist, has done a single service to the country by carrying the banner of Indian music across the world. He has done more than any other musician to arouse the interest of the westerners in Indian music, thus earning himself, the title, "Indian's musical ambassador." Born in Varanasi in 1920, Ravi Shankar began as a ballet dancer with his elder brother Uday Shankar's troupe. But he left the troupe learn the sitar under Ustad Allauddin Khan of Maihar. He underwent rigorous training practising for nearly eighteen hours a day to gain command over the instrument. 

(i) Whom is this passage about? 

(a) Pandit Ravi Shankar 

(b) pandit Manoja 

(c) Pandit Uday Shankar

(d) Allauddin Khan 

(ii) Where was he born? 

(a) In varindavan 

(b) In Delhi 

(c) In Varanasi

(d) In Jaipur 

(iii) Which of the following title did he learn? 

(a) Sitarist

(b) musician 

(c) Dancer

(d) Ustad

(iv) Pandit Ravi Shankar learnt the sitar from?

(a) Uday Shankar

(b) Uday Sharma

(c) Allauddin Khan

(d) Ravi Sharma

Answer 1

(i) (a) Pandit Ravi Shankar

(ii) (c) In Varanasi

(iii) (a) Sitarist

(iv) (a) Uday Shankar

• The brilliant sitarist, has done a signal service to the country by carrying the banner of Indian music across the world.
• He has done more than any other musician to arouse the interest of the westerners in Indian music, thus earning himself, the title, "India’s musical ambassador.’
• Born in Varanasi in 1920, Ravi Shankar began as a ballet dancer with his elder brother Uday Shankar’s troupe.
• Pandit Ravi Shankar did a great service to the country by carrying the banner of Indian music across the world, as can be inferred from the line 'Pandit Ravi the world.'