MCQ Questions for Class 6 English A Pact with the Sun Chapter 5 Tansen with Answers
Question 1.
Tansen learnt
(a) the voices of birds and
(b) the tricks of birds and animals animals
(c) to imitate perfectly the calls
(d) to respect perfectly the calls of birds of birds and animals and animals
Answer
(c) to imitate perfectly the calls
Question 2.
Swami Haridas told Tansen’s father
(a) to punish him
(b) that his son was only naughty
(c) that he was a gifted
(d) that he could make him a good singer musician
Answer
(d) that he could make him a good singer musician
Question 3.
Tansen became a good singer alter
(a) ten years
(b) eleven years
(c) nine years
(d) seven years
Answer
(b) eleven years
Question 4.
Mohammed Ghaus was a
(a) musician
(b) holy man
(c) devotee
(d) worshipper
Answer
(b) holy man
Question 5.
Tansen married.
(a) Rani Mrignainl
(b) Princess Mrlgnainl
(c) Court lady Mrlgnalnl
(d) Court lady Hussalni
Answer
(d) Court lady Hussalni
Question 6.
Swami Haridas
(a) was Tansens Guru
(b) had a hundred disciples
(c) was only Tansen’s Guru
(d) refused to txaln Hussalni
Answer
(a) was Tansens Guru
Question 7.
Raga Deepak If sung perfectly
(a) bums the singer
(b) destroys the forest
(c) heals the singer
(d) makes the air hot
Answer
(a) bums the singer
Question 8.
Raga Megh was sung by
(a) Tansen and his daughter
(b) Saraswati and Hussaini
(c) Hussaini and Rupvati
(d) Saraswatl and Rupvati
Answer
(d) Saraswatl and Rupvati
Question 9.
Akbar asked Tansen to sing
(a) Raga Megh
(b) Haga Malahar
(c) Haga Deepak
(d) Haga Vastu
Answer
(c) Haga Deepak
Question 10.
Tansen’s tomb is
(a) a tomb for musicians
(b) visited by disciples annually
(c) a heaven
(d) a place of pilgrimage for musicians
Answer
(d) a place of pilgrimage for musicians
Short Answers Type Questions:
Question 1.
Who was Tansen ?
Answer
Tansen was the greatest ever singer of India.
Question 2.
Where was he born ?
Answer
He was bom in Behat near Gwalior.
Question 3.
Name his father and his profession.
Answer
His father’s name was Mukundan Misra. Misra was a singer by profession.
Question 4.
What sort of Child was Tansen ?
Answer
As a child Tansen was very naughty. Often, he ran away to play in the forest. There he learnt to imitate the calls of birds and animals perfectly.
Question 5.
Why did Tansen go to Gwalior ?
Answer
Tansen’s father’s dying wish was that Tansen should go to Mohammad Ghaus of Gwalior. So Tansen went there to stay with Mohammad Ghaus. There he often went to the court of Rani Mrignaini.
Question 6.
How did he get married ?
Answer
The Rani was a great musician herself. It was those days that Tansen met and married Hussaini, a lady of the court.
Question 7.
Who were Saraswati and Rupvati ?
Answer
Saraswati was Tansen’s daughter. Rupvati was her friend.
Question 8.
What did they do to save Tansen’s life ?
Answer
The two girls learnt Raga Megh from Tansen. When Tansen sang Raga Deepak, he began to bum. Just then these two girls sang Raga Megh. The Raga brought rains on Tansen and thus the two girls were able to save Tansen’s life.
Question 9.
Why did Swami Haridas say Tansen was ‘talented* ?
Answer
Tansen could imitate the calls of birds and animals perfectly when he was still a child. One day he roared in a forest like a tiger. Even Swami
Haridas’s group mistook his voice as the voice of a real tiger. Therefore, Haridas said Tansen was ‘talented’.
Question 10.
Why did Akbar ask Tansen to join his court ?
Answer
Tansen had learnt music from Haridas for eleven years. He had become a great and famous singer. Many a time he sang before Emperor Akbar. Akbar was deeply impressed by Tansen’s music. Therefore, he asked Tansen to join his court.