Q1.
Which one of the following Carnatic music ragas is similar to Raga Bilawal in Hindustani music ?
Answer
D
Explanation
Dheera Shankarabharanam is the Carnatic equivalent of Hindustani Bilawal because both use the natural major-scale pattern with all shuddha swaras. The other ragas correspond to different Hindustani melodic frameworks.