Younger than Lata, elder to Meena
Younger than Meena, elder to Usha
Elder than both Meena and Usha

2. Who gave Asha the pivotal break as a playback singer in Hindi films?

Hansraj Behl
Vasant Desai
Anil Biswas

3. Who was her co-singer in the film 'Muqaddar'(1950) for the first time?

Kishore Kumar
Lata Mangeshkar
Talat Mehmood

4. Which incident during the making of the film 'Aasmaan' (1952) was somewhat instrumental in shaping her career?

Geeta Dutt's marriage to Guru Dutt
Noorjehan leaving India for Pakistan
The O.P. Nayyar - Lata tiff

5. Who was Asha Bhonsle's first husband?

Ganpat Bhonsle
Radheshyam Bhonsle
Shivaji Bhonsle

6. The first Asha number to top the Binaca Geetmala was a duet. What was the number?

Manbhawan ke ghar jaaye gori (with Lata, Chori Chori, 1956)
Sar par topi laal (with Rafi, Tumsa nahin dekha,1957)
Haal kaisa hai janab ka (with Kishore, Chalti ka Naam Gaadi, 1958)

7. In Bengali music, if Salil Choudhury swore by Lata, who was it for Asha?

Nachiketa Ghosh
Sudhin Dasgupta
Hemant Kumar

8. This number was credited to Geeta Dutt. Asha Bhonsle, long after Geeta Dutt's demise, raised a public objection and claimed that she sang it. Which is this controversial number?

Tum jeeo hazaron saal -Sujata
Na jaao saiyaan churake baiyaan - Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam
Aai dil mujhe bata de - Bhai Bhai

9. Who composed the haunting Asha number 'Phir teri yaad aa gayi' from the film 'Sansani'?

Hemant Bhonsle, her elder son
Anand Bhonsle, her younger son
Lata Mangeshkar

10. This once famous, now little heard Asha - Hemant duet 'Woh chand nahin, dil hai kisi dewane ka' was composed by a classical legend. Who?

Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
Pandit Ravi Shankar Choudhury
Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan

11. Asha stopped receiving Filmfare Awards after she had received seven of them. Which was the last one after which she called it quits?

Chura liya hai tumne jo dilko
Yeh mera dil pyar ka deewana
Chori chori sola shringaar karungi

12. Which well-known classical singer has a version of the Asha -Mahendra Kapoor duet 'Saanson ki taar par - Geet Gaya Pathron ne'?

Girija Devi
Pandit Jasraj
Kishori Amonkar

13. Which song, according to Asha, was her first big hit?

Maang ke saath tumhara
Main jab bhi akeli hoti hoon
Jaane bhi de chor yeh bahana

14. Which photographer turned singer was Asha's co-singer for the number 'Jeene de yeh dunia' (Lava, 1985)?

Manmohan Singh
Jehangir Chowdhury
Nadem Khan

15. Which C Ramchandra composition was meant to be a Lata - Asha duet, which was later sung solo by one of the Mangeshkar's?

Radha na bole na bole na bole re
Aai mere watan ke logon
Ina meena dika

16. What is the claim to fame of the number 'Yeh ruki ruki hawayein' from the film 'Daaman'?

The first Lata - Asha duet
The only time when all the four Mangeshkar singers have sung a Hindi film song
The first song O.P. Nayyar composed for Asha

17. Who is Asha's co-singer for the number 'I love you' from the film 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'?

Usha Timothi
Usha Iyer (Uthup)
Annette Pinto

18. Which of these compositions was originally recorded by Varsha Bhonsle (Asha's daughter) and later dubbed by Asha?

Ghir aayi kali ghata matwari - Junoon
Mohabat hoon haqueeqat hoon - Karmayogi
Dil sajan jalta hai - Mukti

19. Composers S.D. Burman, Madan Mohan, Salil Choudhury, Shankar Jaikishan, O.P. Nayyar & R.D. Burman have been her favourites. But which song of Roshan (not sung by her) did she single out as one of the best creations ever?

Jo wada kiya woh - Taj Mahal
Chupa lo dil mein yun pyar mera - Mamta
Man re tu kaahe na dheer dhare - Chitralekha

20. In the film 'Parwana' starring Amitabh in his only negative role, who is Asha's co-singer for he number'Piya ki gali. Laage bhali'?

Usha Mangeshkar
Minoo Purushottam
Parveen Sultana

21. Asha's highest number of duets/chorus numbers is with Md. Rafi. Which of these is a close estimation of her number of songs where Rafi has been one of the co-singers?

2500
880
1675

22. Who, according to Asha, has been the main factor behind her amazing career graph?

O. P. Nayyar
R. D. Burman
Helen

23. For which lyricist has Asha sung the highest number of songs?

Anjaan
Anand Bakshi
Majrooh Sultanpuri

24. For which of these films did she not receive the National Award for Best Playback?

Pran jaaye par wachan na jaaye
Umrao Jaan
Izzazat

25. Who gave Asha Bhonsle the sobriquet 'Grandma of Bebop'?

The Guinness Book of World Records
The BBC
Star TV

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