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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

Find the Odd one out.

  1. Veena

  2. Sitar

  3. Drum

  4. Guitar

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

as all are string instruments

Multiple choice

Aurangzeb was an excellent player of which musical instrument ?

  1. Veena (lute)

  2. Rabab

  3. Sarangi

  4. Nakkarah (Kettle-Drum)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Aurangzeb was known to be a skilled player of the Veena, despite his later strict policies regarding music in the royal court. Historical accounts mention his proficiency with the instrument.

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 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.
$f \propto \cfrac{1}{\text{thickness of wire}}$