III. Answer these questions in 30-40 words.
1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungt?
2. How is a shehnai different from a pungt?
3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismil
this?
4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August
the event historic?
6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school
7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you tha
loves India and Benaras.
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I. Look at these sentences.
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Answers
1) Because it had a shrill ,unpleasant sound
2)Shehnai has a better tonal than pongi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe with holes on its body and is longer and broader than the pungi
3) played in royal court,temple and wedding. Ustaad Bismillah Khan, an undisputed monarch of shehanai, brought this instrument into classical change.
4) in 1938.
(i) all India radio opened in Lucknow
ii) first indian to greet the nation with his sehahnai.
5) from the red fort. Because it was on the occasion of India's independence from British rule
6) because he would not live away from Hindustan, specifically from Banaras , The river ganga and dumraon.
7) i) when he turned down his students offer to start a school
ii)when Khansab was asked by Shekhar Gupta about moving to Pakistan during the partition, he said that he never leave Banaras
Answer:1. actually it is pungi and not pungt. so aurangzeb banned the playing of pungi because of its shrill sound .
2.shehnai is different from pungi because it contains a sweet melodious tune unlike pungi.
other answers check in the textbook..... its easy.
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