Extract Based Questions – Tansen Class 6 English Textbook Chapter 4. We had updated here some important phrase from Tansen Chapter and also updated Important Questions on each phrase.
Extract Based Questions for Tansen Chapter
Tansen
Extract-1
A singer called Mukandan Misra and his wife lived in Behat near Gwalior. Tansen was their only child. It is said that he was a naughty child. Often, he ran away to play in the forest, and soon learnt to imitate perfectly the calls of birds and animals. A famous singer named Swami Haridas was once travelling through the forest with his disciples. Tired, the group settled down to rest in a shady grove. Tansen saw them. ‘Strangers in the forest!’ he said to himself. ‘It will be fun to frighten them’. He hid behind a tree and roared like a tiger. The little group of travellers scattered in fear but Swami Haridas called them together. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Tigers are not always dangerous. Let us look for this one.” Suddenly, one of his men saw a small boy hiding behind a tree. “There are no tigers here, master,” he said. “Only this naughty boy.”
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Who roared like a tiger?
a.) Tansen
b.) Haridas
c.) Mukandan
d.) None of the above
ii.) Tansen used to play in:
a.) Playground
b.) Water
c.) Forest
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Who were travelling through the forest?
ii.) What was the talent of little Tansen?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) Briefly tell about Tansen’s family?
Extract-2
Swami Haridas did not punish him. He went to Tansen’s father and said, “Your son is very naughty. He is also very talented. I think I can make him a good singer.” Tansen was ten years old when he went away with Swami Haridas. He lived with him for eleven years, learning music, and became a great singer. At about this time, his parents died. Mukandan Misra’s dying wish was that Tansen should visit Mohammad Ghaus of Gwalior. Mohammad Ghaus was a holy man. Mukandan Misra had long been devoted to him, and often visited him. While living in Gwalior with Mohammed Ghaus, Tansen was often taken to the court of Rani Mrignaini, who was a great musician herself. There he met and married one of the ladies of the court. Her name was Hussaini.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Mukandan Misra had long been devoted to:
a.) Hussaini
b.) Haridas
c.) Rani Mrignaini
d.) None of the above
ii.) In Rani Mrignaini’s court Tansen met:
a.) Hussaini
b.) Md. Ghaus
c.) Swami Haridas
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) What was the proposal of Swami Haridas to Tansen’s father?
ii.) What was Mukandan Misra’s dying wish?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) Briefly describe the musical journey of Tansen under Swami Haridas.
Extract-3
Tansen went to Akbar’s court in 1556, and soon became a great favourite of the Emperor. Akbar would call upon Tansen to sing at any time during the day or night. Quite often he would just walk into Tansen’s house to hear him practise. He also gave him many presents. Some of the courtiers became jealous of Tansen. “We shall never be able to rest till Tansen is ruined,” they declared. One of the courtiers, Shaukat Mian, had a bright idea. “Let us make him sing Raga Deepak”, he said. “How will that help us?” asked another man. “If Raga Deepak is properly sung, it makes the air so hot that the singer is burnt to ashes. Tansen is a very good singer. If he sings Raga Deepak, he will die, and we will be rid of him.” Shaukat Mian went to Akbar and said, “We don’t think Tansen is a great singer. Let us test him. Tell him to sing Raga Deepak. Only the greatest singers can sing it properly.” “Of course he can sing it. Tansen can sing anything”. Akbar said. Tansen was afraid, but could not disobey the king. “Very well, my lord,” he said, “but give me time to prepare myself.”
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Tansen was asked to sing Raga:
a.) Bhairav
b.) Deepak
c.) Khamaj
d.) None of the above
ii.) Tansen went to Akbar’s court in:
a.) 1556
b.) 1566
c.) 1565
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Why did the Emperor Akbar used to visit Tansen’s house?
ii.) What Tansen replied when he was asked to sing Raga Deepak ?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) What was the idea of Shaukat Mian?
Extract-4
Tansen went home. He had never been more downcast and unhappy. “I can sing the Raga,” he told his wife, “but the heat it gives off will not only set the lamps alight, it will also burn me to ashes.” Then he had an idea. “If someone sings Raga Megh at the same time, and sings it properly, it will bring rain. Perhaps our daughter, Saraswati, and her friend, Rupvati, could do it,” he said. He taught the two girls to sing Raga Megh. They practised night and day for two weeks. Tansen told them, “You must wait till the lamps start burning, and then you start singing.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Raga Megh brings :
a.) Heat
b.) Rain
c.) Spring
d.) None of the above
ii.) Tansen’s daughter’s friend was:
a.) Saraswati
b.) Satyavati
c.) Rupvati
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) What was the final instruction of Tansen to his daughter?
ii.) How much time they practiced Raga Megh?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) What was the idea of Tansen?
Extract-5
The legend goes that on the appointed day the whole town assembled to hear Tansen sing Raga Deepak. When he began to sing, the air became warm. Soon people in the audience were bathed in perspiration. The leaves on the trees dried up and fell to the ground. As the music continued, birds fell dead because of the heat and the water in the rivers began to boil. People cried out in terror as flames shot up out of nowhere and lighted the lamps. At once Saraswati and Rupvati began to sing Raga Megh. The sky clouded over and the rain came down. Tansen was saved. The story goes that he was very ill after this, and Akbar was sorry that he had caused him so much suffering. He punished Tansen’s enemies. When Tansen got well, the entire city rejoiced. Tansen remained Akbar’s court singer till 1585 when he died.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Soon people in the audience were bathed in:
a.) Rain
b.) Perspiration
c.) River water
d.) None of the above
ii.) During Tansen’s singing water of river started to:
a.) Evaporate
b.) Dry
c.) Boil
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) In which year Tansen died?
ii.) What happened to birds when Tansen was singing Raga Deepak ?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) What happened when Saraswati and Rupvati began to sing Raga Megh?
Answers
Extract-1
1.) I) a
ii) c
2.) I) Swami Haridas, a famous singer and his disciples were travelling through the forest.
ii) Tansen had a talent that he could accurately imitate the calls of birds and animals.
3.) Tansen used to lived in Behat near Gwalior along with his parents. His father Mukandan Misra was a singer.
Extract-2
1.) I) d
ii) a
2.) I) Swami Haridas proposed tansen’s father that his son is talented and he can make him a good singer.
ii) ‘Tansen should visit Mohammad Ghaus of Gwalior‘ was the dying wish of Mukendan Mishra.
3.) Tansen was ten years old when he went away with Swami Haridas. He lived with him for eleven years, learning music, and became a great singer.
Extract-3
1.) I) b
ii) a
2.) I) Emperor Akbar used to visit Tansen’s house to listen to him during practice.
ii) When Tansen was asked to sing Raga Deepak, he agreed but asked for more time.
3.) If Raga Deepak is properly sung, it makes the air so hot that the singer is burnt to ashes. So Shaukat Mian had a plan to make Tansen sing Raga Deepak.
Extract-4
1.) I) b
ii) c
2.) I) Tansen told them thet they must wait till the lamps start burning, and then they should start singing.
ii) They practiced Raga Megh for night and day for two weeks.
3.) During the singing of Raga Deepak, If someone sings Raga Megh at the same time, and sings it properly, it will bring rain. His daughter and her friend can do that.
Extract-5
1.) I) b
ii) c
2.) I) Tansen died on 1585
ii) When Tansen sang Raga Deepak, birds died because of heat.
3.) When Saraswati and Rupvati began to sing Raga Megh, the sky clouded over and the rain came down. Tansen was saved.
