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Indian Music and Instruments

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Indian music and instruments encompass a rich variety of traditional percussion, string, and wind tools used across regional cultures. This collection features questions on folk drums, devotional instruments, and classical accompaniments. It is a crucial Art and Culture topic for SSC, UPSC, and State PSC exams.

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Indian Music and Instruments Questions

Multiple choice physics beats in sound waves

identify the part which vibrates to produce sound in the following instruments.

  1. tabla or dholak

  2. flute

  3. tuning fork

  4. sitar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A tuning fork produces sound through the vibration of its metal prongs. While the other instruments listed also produce sound through vibration, the tuning fork is the classic example of a simple vibrating object used in physics.

Multiple choice physics search of life outside earth space research and satellites artificial satellites space missions and artificial satellites

Which of the following Indian instruments were used in chandrayaan?

  1. TMC

  2. LLRI

  3. HEX

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The scientific payload in Chandrayaan contained 5 Indian instruments and 6 instruments from other countries.

The Indian instruments used in Chandrayaan were Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC), Hyper Spectral Imager (Hy SI), Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI), High Energy aj/gamma X-ray Spectrometer (HEX) and Moon Impact Probe (MIP).

Multiple choice physics universe and space science human beings in space our pride - iii our scientist

Which of the instruments used in chandrayaan were not indegenously built?

  1. HEX

  2. LLRI

  3. SIR-2

  4. MIP
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Spectrometer Infrared -2 (SIR-2) is an infrared spectrometer build for remote sensing of the lunar surface. SIR-2 represents german scientific contribution to the Indian chandrayaan lunar mission. The project is funded by the Max Planck society and partly by European space agency.

Multiple choice physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

Which of the following vibrating parts of instrument is not matched with the respective instrument?

  1. Drum- Stretched Membrane

  2. Tabla - Stretched Membrane

  3. Mridangam - Stretched Membrane

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

all the instruments given here correctly matches with their vibrating parts.

so the answer is D.

Multiple choice physics oscillatory motion a few applications of linear shm simple pendulum example of simple harmonic motion

Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar is playing sitar on its strings, and you, as a physicist (unfortunately without musical ears!), observed the following oddities.
I. The greater the length of a vibrating string, the smaller its frequency.
II. The greater the tension in the string, the greater is the frequency.
III. The heavier the mass of the string, the smaller the frequency.
IV. The thinner the wire, the higher its frequency.
The maestro signalled the following combination as correct one.

  1. II, III and IV

  2. I, II and IV

  3. I, II and III

  4. I, II, III and IV
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Guitar string is a standing wave as both the ends of guitar string are fixed.

$f \propto \cfrac{1}{length}$
$f \propto \sqrt{tension}$
$f \propto \cfrac{1}{\sqrt{\mu}}$, where $\mu$ is mass per unit length.
$f \propto \cfrac{1}{\text{thickness of wire}}$

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Which new musical instrument/s developed during the Delhi Sultanate period?

  1. Tabla

  2. Sitar

  3. Sarangi

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The rulers of Delhi were great patons of art and architecture. New musical instruments such as sarangi and rabab were introduced during this period. Amir Khusrau, a musician patronized by Sultan Alauddin Khalji invented the sitar and tabla.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Amir Khusrau modified the earlier _____ which had four strings.

  1. Veena

  2. Sitar

  3. Tanpura

  4. Tabla
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The veena is among the oldest of Indian musical instruments. It comes from Sanskrit and originally means every stringed instruments. Amir Khusrau served as courtier, royal poet and court musician under Turkish Sultans. He felt the need to modify the ancient veena for a more compact and easily portable alternative.

Multiple choice current trends of indian history modern indian history general knowledge

The 8ft lady sculpture found at Sun temple in Konark is playing which of the following instruments?

  1. Tabla

  2. Veena

  3. Jhanj

  4. Flute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Sun temple at Konark was built by NarasimhadevaI, the Eastern Ganga ruler in the 13th century A.D. It is also known as Black Pagoda. In the temple, a large sculpture of a female Jhanj player is found. The temple is an example of Nagara style of temple architecture.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a Carnatic instrument?

  1. Mridangam

  2. Kanjira

  3. Chitravina

  4. Idakka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Idakka is a traditional drum used primarily in Kerala temple music, particularly in the Sopana Sangeetham style, which is distinct from the standard Carnatic concert tradition.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a membranophone?

  1. Dholak

  2. Chenda

  3. Tabla

  4. Sitar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A membranophone is an instrument that produces sound by way of a vibrating stretched membrane, such as a drum. A Sitar is a chordophone, as it produces sound via vibrating strings.

Multiple choice

,...... and .... are household spinning instruments

  1. Chipstick and charkha

  2. Charkha and Takli

  3. Spinning Jenny and Steam Engine

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The charkha and the takli were traditional, hand-operated spinning instruments used in Indian households for centuries. They were central to the spinning of yarn before the introduction of mechanized industrial methods.