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Question I:
Tick the right answer.
1.     The (shehnai, pungi ) was a 'reeded noisema ker.'
2.     (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
3.     Bismillah Khan's paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).
4.     Bismilla h Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaa z Khan).
5.     Bismillah Khan's first trip abroad was to (Afghanista n, U.S.A., Canada).
Answer I:
1.     The pungi was a 'reeded noisemaker.'
2.     A barber transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
3.     Bismillah Khan's paternal ancestors were profess ional musicians.
4.     Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from Ali Bux.
5.     Bismillah Khan's first trip abroad was to Afghanistan .
Question II:
Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan's feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (,/) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
Bismillah Khan 's Feelings about               Positive                 Negative               Neutral
1.     teaching children music
2.     the film world
3.     migrating to the U.S.A
4.     playing at temples
5.     getting the Bharat Ratna
6.     the banks of the Ganga
7.     leaving Benaras and Dumraon
Answer II:
Bismillah Khan 's Feelings about     Positive       Negative     Neutral       -
1.     teaching children music 
2.     the film world      
3.     migrating to the U.S.A   
4.     playing at temples
5.     getting the Bharat Ratna
6.     the banks of the Ganga   
7.     leaving Benaras and Dumraon
Question III:
Answer these questions in 30-40 words.
A.   Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi ?
B.    How is a shehnai different from a pungi ?
C.   Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
D.   When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
E.    Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?
F.    Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?
G.   Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
Answer III:
a)    Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi as it made unpleasant shrill sound.
b)    Shehnai has a better sound quality than pungi. Pungi's are said to be a little shorter and bulging in the centre whereas shehnai is a long and broader at the end.
c)     The shehnai was traditionally played in royal courts, temples and weddings. Ustaad Bismillah khan was a monarch of shehnai who brou ght this instrument onto the classical stage.
d)    Bismillah khan got his big break in 1938. The All India Radio opened in Lucknow and Bismillah khan played shehnai on radio. He then became very popular on radio. He becam e the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai from the Red Fort on 15 August, 1947.
e)     On 15 August 1947, Bismilla h Khan played the Raag Kaafi on his shehnai from the Red Fort. The event was a historical moment because it was the occasion of India's Independ ence from British Rule.
f)      Bismillah Khan refused the request to start a shehnai school in U.S.A as he would not live away from Hindusta n, specifically from Banaras, the river Ganga and Dumraon.
g)    The first instance is when he refused his students to start a shehnai school in U.S.A. The second instance is when Khansaab was asked by Shekhar Gupta about moving to Pakistan during the partition, he said that he would never leave Benaras.

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