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Beehive Chapter 2 The Sound of Music Part
2
Very Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aurangzeb do to the playing of pungi in his royal

residence?
Answer: Ms. Aurangzeb banned the playing of pungi in his royal
residence.

2. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of pungi in his royal

residence?
Answer: Aurangzeb banned the playing of pungi in his royal residence
because he did not like its shrill unpleasant sound.
3. Which family did the barber belong to?
Answer: He belonged to a family of professional musicians.

4. Who invented `Shehnai’?

Answer: A barber in Aurangzeb’s court invented Shehnai.

5. How many holes does a Shehnai have on its body?

Answer: It has seven holes in its body.

6. Where was Bismillah Khan born?

Answer: He was born in Dumraon in Bihar.

7. When was Bismillah Khan born?

Answer: He was born on 21 March 1916.

8. Which highest civilian award in India was conferred on

Bismillah Khan?
Answer: The Bharat Ratna.

9. What was the name of Bismillah’s grandfather?

Answer: His name was Rasool Bux Khan.

10. What was the name of Bismillah’s father?

Answer: His name was Paigambar Bux.

11. What was the profession of Bismillah’s paternal ancestors?

Answer: They were great Shehnai players.

12. Who was Ali Bux?

Answer: AN Bux was Bismillah’s maternal uncle.

13. When was All India Radio in Lucknow was opened?

Answer: In 1938.

14. What is Bismillah Khan’s special achievement on 15 August

1947?
Answer: Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with
his Shehnai on this day.
15. To which foreign country did Bismillah Khan go on his first
trip?
Answer: Afghanistan.

16. Which film was made by Vijay Matt after hearing Fsismillah’s
Shehnai?
Answer: Gunj Uthi Shehnai.

17. Which auditorium is named after Bismillah Khan in Tehran?

Answer: The name of the auditorium is Tahar Mosiquee Ustaad Bismillah
Khan.

18. What name is Bismillah Khan fondly called?

Answer: He is fondly called `Khansaab’.

19. When Bismillah Khan is in Mumbai he missed two things

badly. Name those two things.
Answer: They are Benaras and Ganga.

20. What did one of his students in the U.S.A. want him to do?
Answer: One of his students in the U.S.A. wanted him to head a Shehnai
school in the U.S.A.

Short Answer Type Questions

1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

Answer: Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi because he

considered it as a reeded noisemaker with its loud, shrill, and unpleasant
sound. He prohibited its play in the royal court.

2. Why did the pungi become a generic name for “reeded

noisemakers”?

Answer: The pungi produced loud, unpleasant and jarring music.

Because of this shrill music, Aurangzeb banned it in the royal house. As it
was made from a reed and produced noisy sounds, it became a generic
name for “reeded noisemakers”.

3. How is a ‘shehnai’ different from a pungi?

Answer: Though a reeded instrument like a pungi, a shehnai differs from
it in width and sound. It is made with a longer and broader stem than a
pungi and produces soft, melodious sounds instead of the loud, jarring
sound of a pungi.

4. Who revived the pungi and what shape did it take?

Answer: When Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi in the royal
residence, a barber who belonged to a family of professional musicians
revived it by taking a wider and longer hollow stem and making seven
holes in it. The improved pungi produced soft and sweet sounds.

5. How did the ‘shehnai’ get its name?

Answer: It is believed that the barber (nai) who improved the pungi,
played his instrument in the chamber of the emperor (shah). The c
combination of the two words ‘shah’ and ‘nai’ formed the name ‘shehnai’.

6. Why was the shehnai played in temples and weddings?

Answer: The music of the shehnai was melodious and soft. It came to be
believed that it was auspicious. Therefore, in the holy temples and on the
happy auspicious occasions of weddings, the shehnai was played.

7. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah

Khan change it?
Or
How did Bismillah Khan bring the ‘shehnai’ onto the classical
stage?

Answer: Traditionally, the shehnai was played in the royal court as one
of the nine instruments together known as naubat. Bismillah Khan made it
an independent instrument and gave its music a place among other
classical instrumental music.

8. Where did Bismillah Khan usually sing at the age of five? How
was he rewarded and by whom?

Answer: At the age of five, Bismillah Khan usually sang the Bhojpuri
‘chaita a’ in the Bihariji temple in his native town Dumraon in Bihar. At
the end of the song, he earned a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg which was
given by the local Maharaja as a prize.

9. What does the feature “The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan”, tell us

about the paternal ancestors of Bismillah Khan?
Or
What kind of family did Bismillah Khan hail from?

Answer: Bismillah Khan hailed from a family of musicians in Bihar. His

grandfather Rasool Bux Khan was the shehnai player in the royal court of
the king of Bhojpur. His father Paigambar Bux and many paternal and
maternal uncles were also ‘shehnai vaadaks’ (players).

10. Who was Ali Bux? Where was he employed and what was his
influence on Bismillah Khan?

Answer: Ali Bux was the maternal uncle of Bismillah Khan and may be
regarded as his mentor and trainer. He was a great shehnai player and
was employed to play the shehnai in the Vishnu temple of Benaras. At a
very young age, Bismillah Khan started accompanying him and got
lessons in playing the shehnai from him. The young boy would sit for
hours listening to his uncle and later practise throughout the day.

11. Which places were young Bismillah Khan’s favourite haunts

for practising music? Why?

Answer: The temple of Balaji and Mangala Maiya, as well as the banks of
the Ganga, were young Bismillah Khan’s favourite haunts because he
could practice his music there in solitude. The flowing waters of Ganga
inspired him to improvise and invent raagas which were earlier
considered beyond the range of the shehnai.

12. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

Answer: The ‘big break’ came to Bismillah Khan when in 1938 the All
India Radio was started in Lucknow. Khansaab was regularly invited to
play the shehnai and soon became an often-heard shehnai player on the
radio.

13. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on August 15,
1947? Why was the event historic?
Answer: Bismillah Khan played the shehnai on August 15, 1947, at the
Red Fort in New Delhi prior to the speech of Pandit Nehru. It was a historic
event as India had got independence from the British on this day.
Bismillah Khan was the first Indian to greet the nation and he poured his
heart out while playing the melodious Raag Kafi on his shehnai.

14. Where did Bismillah Khan go on his first foreign trip? How
was he honoured there?

Answer: Bismillah Khan’s first foreign trip took him to Afghanistan where
King Zahir Shah was so impressed with the maestro’s shehnai recital that
he honoured him with gifts of priceless Persian carpets and other
souvenirs.

15. Why did the film director Vijay Bhatt name his film “Gunj Uthi
Shehnai“?

Answer: The film director, Vijay Bhatt, once heard the shehnai recital of
Bismillah Khan in a festival. He was so fascinated by the performance that
he decided to name his next film after the instrument and called it “Gun
Uthi Shehnai“

16. Which films did Bismillah Khan provide music for? Why did he
discontinue playing the shehnai for films?

Answer: Bismillah Khan ventured into the film world with Vijay Bhatt’s
“Gunj Uthi Shehnai” . Then he played in a Kannada film – “Samadhi
Apanna“. Though he was very successful, he gave up the film world
because his tastes did not tune well with the artificiality and glamour of
filmdom.

17. How was Bismillah Khan’s music appreciated and recognised

on the international level?

Answer: Bismillah Khan’s music was so much appreciated on the

international level that he became the first Indian to be invited to perform
in the prestigious Lincoln Central Hall, USA. He participated in the World
Exposition in Montreal, the Cannes Art Festival and the Osaka Trade Fair.
In Teheran, an auditorium was named after him.
38. How did India honour and reward the great musician,
Bismillah Khan?

Answer: India honoured Bismillah Khan by conferring on him the greatest

national awards – the Padmashri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma
Vibhushan. He was also awarded the Bharat Rama in 2001, the highest
civilian award in India.

39. Why did Bismillah Khan want that the children in India should
be taught music?

Answer: Bismillah Khan had great regard for Indian music and
considered the Hindustani music to be its richest heritage. He wanted that
children must not cut off their bond from this grand tradition which was
fascinating even for the people of the west.

20. What offer did one of Bismillah Khan’s students in the US

make to him? Why?

Answer: A student of Bismillah Khan, who himself was settled in the US,
wanted that the great maestro should be the head of a shehnai school in
the U.S. He promised that he would create the environment of India by
erecting the temples like those in Benaras, India.

21. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the
U.S.A.?

Answer: Bismillah Khan was a staunch patriot and was passionately in

love with Benaras and Dumraon in India. He intensely loved the Ganga
and could not stay away from the sacred river. Therefore, he declined the
offer to settle down in the US and head a shehnai school there.

22. Why does the author believe that Bismillah Khan’s life is “a
perfect example of the rich, cultural heritage of India”?

Answer: India has always shown a liberal attitude to all communities and
religions. Its cultural heritage is a blend of various castes and creeds.
Bismillah Khan’s life perfectly represents this blend. Although a devout
Muslim, Khansaab played the shehnai in the Kashi Vishwanath temple
every morning.
23. Find instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan
loved India and Benaras.

Answer: Bismillah Khan’s love for India and Benaras is revealed by the
fact that he refused to settle down in the US as the head of a shehnai
school in spite of a strong assurance from his student to build temples like
those in India. This love also becomes obvious in his acceptance speech
after receiving the Bharat Ratna when he declared Hindustani music to be
the richest heritage.

24. How did Evelyn sense the sounds and vibrations of the music?

Answer: Evelyn sensed the sounds and vibrations of the music by

opening her mind and body to them. She felt different notes through
different parts of her body.

25. What was the contribution of Forbes in helping Evelyn to

learn music?

Answer: Forbes played a crucial role in shaping Evelyn’s musical talents.

He asked her to sense the sounds and vibrations through her different
body parts. He turned two large drums to different notes and asked her to
feel the different notes and sounds some other way.

26. How was Evelyn a source of great pleasure to her audience?

Answer: Evelyn was very young. She performed despite her handicap.
Her music was better than those of her double age. She was an
inspiration to the handicapped. Thus, she has given enormous pleasure to
millions.

27. How is Evelyn able to express music so beautifully?

Answer: Though deaf, Evelyn was able to express music beautifully as
she could feel far more deeply than many of us. That is why she
expressed music so beautifully.

28. How was Evelyn able to get admission to the Royal Academy
of Music?

Answer: Ron Forbes spotted Evelyn’s potential in music. She never

looked back from that point. By the time she was sixteen, she had
decided to make music her life. She auditioned for the Royal Academy of
Music and scored the highest marks in the history of the academy.

29. Why does Evelyn remove her shoes on the wooden platform?

Answer: While playing instruments she removes shoes on the wooden

platform. It allows the vibrations to pass through her bare feet and up to
her legs. She is able to feel the music through every part of her body. She
can also feel the echo of sound flowing into her body by leaning against
the drums.

30. How did Ron Forbes give training in music to Evelyn?

Answer: He took two large drums for tuning Evelyn at once realised
higher drums from the waist up and lower drums from the waist down. He
motivated her to feel the music in different parts of her body.

31. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

Answer: With the opening of All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938,

Bismillah Khan got a big break. He became an often-heard Shehnai player
on Radio. When India got independence on 15th August 1947, Bismillah
Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with his Shehnai.

32. Where did Bismillah Khan play the Shehnai on 15 August

1947? Why was the event historic?

Answer: Bismillah Khan played the Shehnai from the Red Fort on 15th
August 1947. It was a historic event because he became the first Indian to
greet the nation on the occasion of the first Independence Day. This
programme was attended by Nehru, the first Prime Minister and many
stalwarts of the nations.

33. What were the recurring themes of Bismillah Khan’s music?

Answer: Bismillah Khan was a true Indian at heart. The recurring themes
of his music were the ethics of temples and human relationships. The
flowing waters of the Ganga inspired him to improve and invent `raagas’.

34. How was pungi came to be named Whehnai’?

Answer: A barber from a family of professional musicians decided to
improve the pungi. He chose a pipe with a hollow stem that was longer
and broader than the pungi. He played the instrument before the king and
everyone was impressed. Since it was played by a barber, and in the
Shah’s chambers, the instrument was named as ‘She/tile.

35. Bismillah Khan loved India and Benaras the most. Justify it by
giving two instances from the text.

Answer: He was fond of Benaras and Dumraon. They remained for him
the most wonderful towns in the world. He said that whenever he was in a
foreign country, he kept yearning to see India. While in Mumbai, he thinks
only of Benaras and the holy Ganga. And while in Benaras, he misses the
unique mattha of Dumraon.

36. How did the barber change the tonal quality of a pungi into
the melodious voice of the Shehnai?

Answer: The barber chose a pipe with a natural hollow-stem. It was

longer and broader than `pungi’. He made seven holes on the body of the
pipe. He played on it. Soft and melodious sounds were produced. The
barber played it before the royalty and it came to be known as Shehnai.

37. How did Ustad Bismillah Khan bring Shehnai to the classical
stage?

Answer: Bismillah Khan was a great Shehnai player. He invented

many raagas and played them on Shehnai. His tunes enchanted
everybody. Thus, Shehnai became a popular musical instrument in the
country.

38. What idea did Ustad Bismillah Khan hold about Hindustani
music?

Answer: He held a high about Hindustani music. He was of the opinion

that every child should learn Hindustani music. India has a very rich
tradition of music. Even the West come here to learn our music.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. Write a note on the origin of the Shehnai.

Answer: It is said that in the past a musical instrument called pungi used
to be played in palaces before the Kings and Nawabs. But Aurangzeb did
not like the shrill and unpleasant sound of the pungi. So he banned the
playing of this musical instrument in the royal residence. There was a
barber who belonged to a family of musicians.He had access to the royal
palace. He tried hard to improve the tonal quality of the instrument: Ile
chose a pipe with a natural hollow stem that was longer and broader than
the original pungi. lie carved seven holes on the body of the instrument.
When he played on it, an impressive sonorous tonal sound was produced.
The barber played it before the king and his courtiers. Everybody was
impressed. The instrument Was called Shehnai because it was born in the
Shah’s chamber and was invented by a ‘nai’ (barber). There is another
story about the origin of Shehnai. It is said that a doctor of Iran invented
it. His name was I laquim Bu All Saina and the instrument was named
after him.

2. What are the recurring themes of Bismillah Khan’s music and

how did they originate?

Answer: At the age of flute, Bismillah Khan went to Benaras. Here his
maternal uncle taught him the nuances of the Shehnai. the lie used to
practice in the temple of Balaji and Mangla Maiya. He also practiced on
the banks of the Ganga. There is practiced for hours in complete solitude.
The flowing waters of the Ganga inspired him to improvise his music.
There he invented the ‘ragas’ that were earlier considered beyond the
range of Shehnai. The atmosphere of the temple and the solitude of the
banks of the Ganga had a great effect on him. They influenced the
themes of his music also. One such theme was the ethos of the temple.
The other theme was the relationship between human beings based on
the tune of the flowing river. These became the recurring themes of
Bismillah Khan’s music.

3. Why is Benaras so important to Bismillah Khan?

Answer: Mr Bismillah Khan is fondly called Khansaab. He has travelled all

over the world. He got honours in every country. In Tehran, an auditorium
was named after him. He has seen many cities, but he remains very fond
of Benaras and Dumraon. He calls them the most wonderful towns in the
world. He has a special fascination for Benaras because of the Ganga
there. In his youth, he used to practice Shehnai in solitude on the banks of
the Ganga. Once one of his students in the USA requested him to head a
Shehnai school there. He said that he would recreate the atmosphere of
Benaras by building similar temples there. But the Ustad asked him
whether he would bring the Ganga also there. Once he said, “Whenever I
am in Mumbai, I think of only Varanasi and the holy Ganga”.

4. Write a note on the life and achievements of Bismillah Khan as

a ‘shehnai vaadak’. What values of life do you derive from his
story?

Answer: Bismillah Khan’s journey as a ‘shehnai vaadak’ carries in itself

deep moral values of dedication, simplicity, and patriotism. It started at
the young age of three and continued up to the age of ninety. The journey
ranged from playing the instrument in the temples to getting international
fame.

Hailing from a family of musicians, Bismillah Khan inherited an interest in

the shehnai. At a young age of three, he started accompanying his
maternal Uncle Ali Bux to the Vishnu temple in Benaras and learned a lot
from him. He would sing scriptures like the Bhojpuri chaita’.

Bismillah Khan got a significant break when he started playing for the All
India Radio, Lucknow in 1938. His music was so admired that he was
invited to play at the historic moment of Indian independence on 15
August 1947. In recognition of his talent, he was conferred upon with the
greatest awards of India – the Padma shri, the Padma Bhushan and
Padma Vibhushan. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian
award in India, in 2001.

Bismillah Khan ventured into the film world but abandoned it after he
found it to be too artificial and glamorous. On the international level, he
mesmerized the King of Afghanistan with o his shehnai music. He was the
only Indian to be invited to play shehnai in the Lincoln Central Hall, USA.
He also played in international events like the World Exposition, Montreal,
the Cannes Art Festival and the Osaka Trade Fair. As a token of
appreciation, the Teheran government has named an auditorium after
Bismillah Khan.

Bismillah Khan has a deep devotion to his motherland and is proud of its
heritage of music. Hence, he declined the offer to settle down in foreign
countries. F His journey teaches the values of dedication to one’s talent
and persistent efforts to reach the greatest heights of excellence.

5. How does the author of The Sound of Music” portray Bismillah

Khan as a great patriot?
Or
Bismillah Khan, on receiving the Bharat Ratna, remarked, “Teach
your children music, this is Hindustan’s richest tradition; even
the West is now coming to learn our music.” What does it reveal
about his sentiments towards India?

Answer: Bismillah Khan, in “The Sound of Music”, emerged as a person

imbued with intense and strong patriotic emotions. He had a profound
and passionate love for his birthplace, Dumraon in Bihar and for Benaras
where he took training to play the shehnai. He feels a deep bond with the
Ganga because the flowing waters of the holy river made him improvise
and spontaneously play new raagas – the ones which were earlier
regarded to be beyond the range of the shehnai. Such was Bismillah
Khan’s love for his country and the Ganga that he refused to settle down
in America to head a-school for the shehnai. His strong attachment with
the sacred river made him miss Banaras when he was in Mumbai or
elsewhere. Equally strong was his bonding with his birthplace Dumraon.

Bismillah Khan had great regard for the Hindustani music which, for him,
is the richest cultural heritage of India. He wanted the tradition of Indian
music to be carried on from generation to generation. That is why he
advised the people of India to teach music to their children and felt proud
that this music fascinated even the people of the west.

6. You have now read about two musicians, Evelyn Glennie, and
Ustad Bismillah Khan. Do you think that they both worked hard?
Where did they want to go?
Or
Evelyn Glennie and Bismillah Khan shared the values of hard
work and perseverance. Discuss.
Or
What important lesson does the life of Evelyn Glennie and
Bismillah Khan teach us?

Answer: Evelyn Glennie and Bismillah Khan, the two eminent music
maestros, through their achievements, have proved to the world that the
values of hard work and unstaggering efforts are always rewarded. Evelyn
Glennie became an internationally admired multi-percussionist only
because of her untiring work which could conquer even her handicap.
Instead of yielding to her deafness, she made all-out efforts to sense the
sounds of music through different parts of her body and never looked
back. With her persistent efforts, she made it to the Royal Academy of
Music, London and bagged the most prestigious awards. Her sincere
devotion to her art has given percussion a new place on the international
stage.

Bismillah Khan, like Evelyn, was dedicated to his art and attained greatest
heights as a ‘shehnai vaadak’. He too worked diligently and transformed
the shehnai into a classical instrument. He added enormously to what he
had inherited by widening the range of the shehnai. He invented many
new raagas spontaneously. Starting with playing in the temples of
Benaras and on the banks of Ganga, he reached the stage of international
acclaim. His hard work enabled him to win the most prestigious awards in
India and in the world.
Thus, the lives of both Evelyn Glennie and Bismillah Khan are perfect
examples of how dedicated efforts and persistent hard work lead to grand
achievements.

7. Write a note on some of the most memorable performances of

Ustad Bismillah Khan as described in the feature “The Shehnai of
Bismillah Khan”.

Answer: During his illustrious career spanning over 80 years, Bismillah

Khan gave countless music performances, but a few of them stand out as
milestones in his career.
For example, his performance of the Bhojpuri ‘chaita’ at the Bihariji
temple at the age of five indicated the signs of a maestro he was to
evolve into. For every recital, he would get a 1.25 kg laddu as a reward
from the local king. At the age of 14, he was patted for his performance at
the Allahabad Music Conference by Ustad Faiyaz Khan. In 1938, Bismillah
Khan got perhaps the biggest break of his career when he got to perform
on the All India Radio, Lucknow. Equally remarkable was the opportunity
to usher in the Independence of the country from the ramparts of the Red
Fort on 15th August 1947. His first foreign performance in Afghanistan got
him rich accolades and honours. He also had the chance to provide music
to two films – Vijay Bhatt’s “Gunj Uthi Shehnai” and Srinivas’s Kannada
movie “Samadhi Apanna”. Then followed a string of international
performances, notable among them being the performances at the
prestigious Lincoln Centre Hall (USA), World Exposition (Montreal), Cannes
Art Festival and Osaka Trade fair.

8. “Music has no religion.” How did Bismillah Khan’s Shehani

prove it?
Answer: Music is the voice of the soul. It is sacred beyond the religions. It
is eternal and acts as a source of inspiration for everyone. A musician
never plays music for any particular religion. Bismillah Khan who
belonged to the Muslim community played Shehnai in temples. He was
deeply attached to the holy city of Benaras and the holy river Ganga. The
river Ganga and its flowing water were the main source of inspiration for
him. He could never think of leaving Benaras and holy river Ganga. Since
his childhood, he was fond of music. As a five-year-old child, he used to
visit Bihariji temple at Dumraon to sing Bhojpuri Chaita. His love for music
was so deeply influenced by Benaras and Ganga that once a student from
the USA wanted him to head a Shehnai school there. He promised him to
recreate the atmosphere of Benaras in the USA by replicating the temple.
But Bismillah Khan refused to say that he couldn’t take the Ganga there.

9. Describe the life and character of Ustad Bismillah Khan with

emphasis on values of his character you should imbibe.

Answer: Ustad Bismillah Khan was a great Shehnai player. He was born
in a village of Bihar state. He belonged to a family of professional
musicians. He made Shehnai a famous musical instrument in the world.
The government of India gave him the greatest civilian award —” Bharat
Ratna”. He was a true patriot. He never showed his desire to settle
abroad when he was offered several chances. Bismillah had a great
passion for Shehnai. He took lessons from his maternal uncle Ali Bux and
practiced hard on the peaceful banks of the river Ganga. Infect his life is
motivating for students. He teaches them that human beings should give
up narrow mindedness. They should take values from different religions.

10. Why did Emperor Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi and
how it was improved and called Shehnai?

Answer: Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi in the royal
residence because it had a shrill and unpleasant sound. But a barber of a
professional family of musicians was able to improve it. He chose a pipe
with a natural hollow stem that was longer and broader than the pungi.
He made seven holes on the body of the pipe. He played the instrument
before the king and everyone was impressed. Since it was first played in
the Shah’s chambers and was played by an’ (barber), the instrument was
named the ‘Shehnai’

11. What important lesson does the life of Bismillah Khan teach
us?
Answer: Bismillah Khan teaches us a very remarkable lesson of life.
People make advancement in life by dint of hard work and devotion. He
was very interested in music as he was born in the family of a musician.
He used to sing Chaita in the Biharji temple. When he was in Benaras, he
was greatly influenced by his maternal uncle, who was a great Shehnai
player. He copied his uncle in the true spirit and practiced Shehnai in the
peaceful environment of the Ganga. His hard work and devotion brought
him good fruits. He was awarded the greatest civilian award, the Bharat
Ratna.
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