100 Bollywood Songs Quiz Questions & Answers 2026

Classic Golden Era Songs (1940s–1970s) — 25 Questions

1. Who composed "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" from Mughal-E-Azam? (Naushad Ali)
2. Who sang "Awaara Hoon"? (Mukesh — for Raj Kapoor)
3. What is the most famous song from Pyaasa (1957)? ("Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain" and "Jaane Woh Kaise Log The")
4. Who composed music for Pyaasa? (S.D. Burman — Sachin Dev Burman)
5. What song made Mohammed Rafi a legend? ("Tere Mere Sapne", "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" — countless — he dominated 1950s–70s)
6. What is the most iconic Lata Mangeshkar song? ("Lag Ja Gale" from Woh Kaun Thi (1964) — often cited as her masterpiece)
7. Who sang "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai" from Guide (1965)? (Lata Mangeshkar)
8. What S.D. Burman classic is from Guide? ("Gaata Rahe Mera Dil" and "Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya")
9. What film features the song "Mere Desh Ki Dharti"? (Upkar — 1967, sung by Mahendra Kapoor)
10. Who sang "Ruk Jaana Nahin" from Imtihaan (1974)? (Kishore Kumar)
11. What R.D. Burman classic is from Sholay? ("Mehbooba Mehbooba" — sang by R.D. Burman himself)
12. What is "Dum Maro Dum" from? (Hare Rama Hare Krishna — 1971, Asha Bhosle)
13. What is the most famous song from Aradhana (1969)? ("Mere Sapno Ki Rani" — Kishore Kumar; launched his long association with Rajesh Khanna)
14. What Kishore Kumar song from Anand is immortal? ("Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Haaye")
15. Who composed music for Aradhana? (S.D. Burman)
16. What is the most famous song from Mother India? ("Duniya Mein Hum Aaye Hain" and "Pi Ke Ghar Aaj Pyari Dulhaniya Chali")
17. What Naushad composition from Mughal-E-Azam was the first colorized song in Indian cinema? ("Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" was filmed in color even in the otherwise black-and-white film)
18. Who is Manna Dey? (A classical-trained singer famous for "Yaar Dil Pyar Ka", "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo")
19. What film features "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi"? (Chori Chori — 1956)
20. Who is O.P. Nayyar? (A popular composer of the 1950s–60s who never used Lata Mangeshkar in his compositions)
21. What song from Mughal-E-Azam is considered the greatest ever? ("Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" — a defiant love song)
22. What Sahir Ludhianvi song from Pyaasa is a social commentary? ("Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain")
23. Who is Sahir Ludhianvi? (One of India's greatest Urdu lyricists — wrote for Pyaasa, Kabhi Kabhi)
24. What film features "Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein"? (Kabhi Kabhi — 1976, Amitabh Bachchan and Rakhee)
25. Who sang "Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein" for Amitabh Bachchan? (Mukesh)

1980s–2000s Hit Songs — 25 Questions

26. What film features "Tujhe Dekha Toh" and "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna"? (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge — 1995)
27. Who composed music for DDLJ? (Jatin-Lalit)
28. What is the most iconic song from Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)? ("Le Gayi Le Gayi" and "Dil To Pagal Hai")
29. What Anu Malik song from 1942: A Love Story is famous? ("Ek Ladki Ko Dekha")
30. What is the iconic song from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)? ("Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" and "Nimbooda")
31. Who composed Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam's music? (Ismail Darbar)
32. What song from Taal (1999) is still a classic? ("Taal Se Taal Mila" and "Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jaye")
33. Who composed music for Taal? (A.R. Rahman)
34. What A.R. Rahman songs from Roja (1992) became legendary? ("Dil Hai Chhotaa Sa" and "Ye Haseen Wadiyan")
35. What is A.R. Rahman's Bollywood debut film? (Roja — 1992)
36. What iconic Bollywood dance song is from Dil Se (1998)? ("Chaiyya Chaiyya" — filmed on a moving train roof)
37. Who sang "Chaiyya Chaiyya"? (Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi)
38. What K3G song is unforgettable? ("Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" title track, "You Are My Soniya")
39. What is the iconic song from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? ("Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" title track and "Saajanji Ghar Aaye")
40. Who composed music for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? (Jatin-Lalit)
41. What is the signature song from Lagaan? ("Mitwa" and "Radha Kaise Na Jale")
42. What is the most popular song from Devdas (2002)? ("Silsila Ye Chaahaton Ka" and "Chalak Chalak")
43. Who composed Devdas (2002) music? (Ismail Darbar)
44. What Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy album launched their film music career? (Dil Chahta Hai — 2001)
45. What is the cult favorite song from Dil Chahta Hai? ("Jaane Kyun" and the title track)
46. What Udit Narayan song from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar is iconic? ("Pehla Nasha")
47. Who is Udit Narayan? (One of Bollywood's most popular male playback singers of the 1990s)
48. What is the famous "Maine Dil Se Kaha" song from? (Rog — 2005)
49. What film features the dance number "Dhoom Machale"? (Dhoom — 2004)
50. What song made Sunidhi Chauhan famous? ("Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi" from Mann, and "Dhoom Machale")

2010s–2020s Modern Hits — 25 Questions

51. What is the most-streamed Bollywood song of all time? ("Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2 and "Kesariya" from Brahmastra rank extremely high)
52. What Arijit Singh song from Aashiqui 2 became a phenomenon? ("Tum Hi Ho")
53. Who is Arijit Singh? (The dominant Bollywood playback singer of the 2010s–2020s)
54. What is Arijit Singh's most famous song? ("Tum Hi Ho" — but also "Raabta", "Channa Mereya", "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil")
55. What film features "Channa Mereya"? (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil — 2016)
56. What is the Bajirao Mastani title song known for? (Its classical Hindustani composition and Deepika Padukone's dance)
57. Who composed Bajirao Mastani? (Sanjay Leela Bhansali himself)
58. What song from Padmaavat (2018) became famous? ("Ghoomar" — a Rajasthani folk-inspired dance)
59. What Vishal-Shekhar song from Chennai Express became a hit? ("Lungi Dance" featuring Honey Singh)
60. Who is Honey Singh? (A rapper-producer who dominated early 2010s Bollywood party anthems)
61. What AR Rahman composition from Rockstar (2011) is acclaimed? ("Nadaan Parindey" and "Sadda Haq")
62. What Imtiaz Ali film has a legendary soundtrack? (Highway (2014) — AR Rahman compositions)
63. What is the famous Guru Randhawa/Bollywood crossover hit? ("Suit Suit" and "Ban Ja Rani")
64. What film features "Balam Pichkari"? (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani — 2013)
65. What Badshah song became a viral Bollywood hit? ("DJ Wale Babu", "Garmi", "Paagal")
66. Who is Badshah? (A rapper and music producer who dominated Bollywood pop music in the 2010s)
67. What song from Kabir Singh (2019) was chart-topping? ("Bekhayali" and "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage")
68. What AR Rahman song from Slumdog Millionaire won an Oscar? ("Jai Ho")
69. What is "Naatu Naatu" from? (RRR — 2022 — won Best Original Song at the Oscars)
70. Who composed "Naatu Naatu"? (M.M. Keeravani)
71. What film features "Kesariya"? (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva — 2022, composed by Pritam)
72. What is the most Spotify-streamed Hindi song? ("Tum Hi Ho" and "Kesariya" compete for top spots)
73. What is "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahungi" from? (Half Girlfriend — 2017, Shreya Ghoshal)
74. What Kiara Advani dance song went viral? ("Urvashi" featuring Shahid Kapoor — 2018)
75. What Pushpa anthem dominated 2022? ("Srivalli" by Sid Sriram — Allu Arjun film)

Playback Singers, Composers & Music Culture — 25 Questions

76. What is "playback singing"? (Singers record songs in studios; actors lip-sync on screen)
77. How many songs has Lata Mangeshkar sung? (Approximately 25,000–30,000 songs across multiple languages)
78. What is Asha Bhosle's Guinness Record? (Most recorded artist — over 11,000 solo, duet, and chorus songs)
79. Who is Mohammed Rafi's biggest rival in the 1960s? (Kishore Kumar — there was a famous feud between the two camps)
80. Who is Kumar Sanu? (A dominant male playback singer of the early 1990s — "Aashiqui" songs)
81. Who sang all songs for Aashiqui (1990)? (Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal — the album sold 20 million copies)
82. Who is Shreya Ghoshal? (A leading female playback singer since the 2000s — Devdas, Bajirao Mastani)
83. Who is Sunidhi Chauhan? (Known for powerful vocals — Dhoom Machale, Beedi, Sheila Ki Jawani)
84. Who is Sonu Nigam? (A versatile singer — "Kal Ho Naa Ho", "Main Hoon Na")
85. Who composed music for Kabhi Kabhi (1976)? (Khayyam)
86. Who is R.D. Burman (Panchamda)? (Legendary composer — son of S.D. Burman; pioneered rock/jazz influences in Bollywood)
87. What R.D. Burman innovation defined 1970s Bollywood? (Incorporating Western instruments — electric guitar, disco beats — into Hindi film music)
88. Who is Vishal-Shekhar? (A popular composing duo — Don, Chennai Express, Dil Dhadakne Do)
89. Who is Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy? (Trio composers — Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Na Ho, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
90. Who is Pritam? (Leading Bollywood composer since 2004 — Gangster, Barfi!, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Brahmastra)
91. What is a "qawwali" in Bollywood? (A devotional Sufi music form — often used in films; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan popularized it)
92. What film features a famous qawwali? (Mughal-E-Azam, Umrao Jaan, Rockstar)
93. What is a "ghazal" in Bollywood music? (A lyrical poetic form with rhyming couplets — Gulzar, Javed Akhtar write ghazals)
94. Who is Gulzar? (Legendary lyricist and director — Aandhi, Masoom, Mausam; wrote "Jai Ho" Oscar-winning lyrics)
95. Who is Javed Akhtar? (Lyricist and screenwriter — part of Salim-Javed duo; father of Farhan Akhtar)
96. What is "remixing" in Bollywood? (Recreating classic songs with modern beats — controversial for some fans)
97. What is an "item number" song? (A peppy, often provocative standalone song in a film featuring a special guest performer)
98. Who is known as the "Item Queen" of Bollywood? (Malaika Arora — "Chaiyya Chaiyya", "Munni Badnaam Hui", "Anarkali Disco Chali")
99. What is "Kolaveri Di"? (A Tamil-English viral song by Dhanush — 2011 — first Indian song to go globally viral online)
100. What is "Tunak Tunak Tun"? (A 1998 Punjabi pop song by Daler Mehndi — became a global internet meme decades after release)