How did All India Radio make Bismillah Khan's art more social?

It took the shehnai from limited spaces to wider listeners

All India Radio helped Bismillah Khan’s music reach people who could not attend his performances in person. Radio carried the sound of his shehnai beyond the limited places where he had traditionally played, such as local gatherings or particular cultural settings. This widened his audience and helped the instrument gain recognition as serious concert music. In this sense, the medium made his art more social by placing it within the experience of a much larger public.

Option A correctly describes this expansion of reach. The radio did not stop his practice, confine him only to films, or ask him to leave Banaras. Instead, broadcasting connected his music with listeners across wider areas and strengthened his public fame. The key relationship is between a communication medium and access to art: radio allowed many more people to hear the shehnai and appreciate his talent. Thus A follows from the lesson.

This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: The Sound of Music. Topic: Overcoming physical disabilities (Evelyn Glennie) and the life of Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan.