Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar and Hara Shankar Bhattacharya are well known players of which of the following instruments?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. Sitar.
- Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar, and Hara Shankar Bhattacharya are all renowned sitar players.
- The sitar is a plucked string instrument used mainly in Hindustani classical music.
Other Options:
Mohan Veena: It is a modified slide guitar used primarily in Hindustani classical music. It was popularized and named by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a Grammy Award-winning Indian classical musician
Surbahar: It is a bass version of the sitar, used in Hindustani classical music.
Veena: It is a plucked stringed instrument central to Indian classical music, particularly in the Carnatic tradition.