Answer Key

1. d) M.S. Subbulakshmi
2. c) Aap ki Sewa Main
3. c) Most recorded artist in the world
4. c) Sangit Kalanidhi
5. c) She had lost her husband
6. 1916
7. Shaheed
8. self appraisal
9. Mahal
10. 2001
11. Her father, Dinanath Mangeshkar, was her first guru.
12. Her husband’s name was Thyagaraja Sadasivam.
13. M.S. Subbulakshmi was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1998.
14. The responsibility of being the breadwinner of the family fell on Lata.
15. M.S. Subbulakshmi was the first musician to get the Bharat Ratna. She was also the first woman to get the ‘Sangit Kalanidhi’ title. She was called ‘Nightingale of India’ and popularized Karnatic music in North India and the West.
16. Lata Mangeshkar was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, Padma Vibhushan in 1999, and the Bharat Ratna in 2001. She also won an Honorary Doctorate in 1990.
17. Pandit Jasraj said this. It was said to honor M.S. Subbulakshmi’s award. He said this because it was the first time a musician received India’s highest civilian award, which brought great respect to classical music in the golden jubilee year of India’s independence.
18. i-b, ii-a, iii-c
19. I cannot **put up with** the loud noise from my neighbors.
20. The compound words are: playback, breadwinner, eyewitnesses.
21. **Hear** is an involuntary action, we simply perceive sounds with our ears. **Listen** is a voluntary action, we make an effort to pay attention to a sound. Sentence for Hear: I can **hear** the birds singing outside. Sentence for Listen: You should **listen** carefully to the instructions.
22. The one-word answer is **playback singer**.