Music | MCQs

Explanation

• Germany awarded the best global music performance to the new artist of Pakistan: Arooj Aftab
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• Arooj Aftab has won her first-ever Grammy.
• Arooj Aftab has a rendition of “Mohabbat” just took home the prize for Best Global Music Performance at the 2022 Grammys.
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• Born--->March 11, 1985 (age 37) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Origin--------> Brooklyn, New York, United States
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• Pakistan has recently opened a consulate in Munich city of Germany
• The late Dr. Ruth Pfau came to Pakistan from Germany in the year 1960
  
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Explanation

Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan in 1996

Arooj Aftab is the first Pakistani to win a Grammys award in April 2022

Explanation

Singer Arooj Aftab is the first Pakistani woman to have made it to the Grammys nomination list.

Explanation

Discord means disagreement

Discord: خلش یا نااتفاقی

Synonym: Conflict, division

Antonym: Harmony, Agreement

Harmony: ہم آئنگی

Explanation

The sentence is in the simple past tense ("He composed").

The passive form uses "was" + past participle ("composed").

So, "A beautiful song was composed by him." is the correct passive voice.

Explanation

This sentence uses the second conditional ("If I had time..."), which refers to an unreal present or future.

The correct structure is: If + past simple, would + base verb → If I had time, I would learn to play the guitar.

Explanation

A band is the correct collective noun for a group of musicians.

"Team" is used for sports players.

"Group" is general.

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About National Anthem of Pakistan:

• Written by: Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952
• Music by: Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949
• Adopted on: August 13, 1954
• First recorded by: Ahmed Rushdi in 1954
• Re-recorded after 68 years

• 15 lines in the National Anthem of Pakistan
• 48 words in the National Anthem of Pakistan
• First played in front of Raza Shah Rahalvi of Iran
• "Jan-i-Istaqbal" means Symbol of ambitions
• First played on national radio on August 14, 1947
• Duration of the National Anthem of Pakistan: 80 seconds (1 minute 20 seconds)
• Pakistan's National Anthem is written in: Persian

Explanation

The song "Aye Watan Pyare Watan" was written and sung by Amanat Ali Khan.

He is known for his contribution to Pakistani patriotic and folk music.

Explanation

Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 into a family of traditional Muslim musicians in Dumraon, in what is now the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as the second son of Paigambar Bux Khan and Mitthan.