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Musical instruments are categorized into strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. This hub offers practice questions on instruments like the Santoor, gayageum, and bandoneon across various cultures. This topic is a regular feature in general awareness sections of competitive exams.

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Musical Instruments Questions

Multiple choice resonance oscillations physics

Which of the following shows acoustic resonance?

  1. Harps

  2. Guitars

  3. Pianos

  4. Crystal quarts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B,C Correct answer
Explanation

$Aswer:-$ A,B,C

Acoustic resonance is a phenomenon that consists of a givenacoustic system amplifying a sound whose frequency matches one of its own natural frequencies of vibration (its resonancefrequencies).
Acoustic resonance is an important consideration for instrument builders, as most acoustic instruments use resonators, such as the strings and body of a violin, the length of tube in a flute, and the shape of a drum membrane.
In quartz crystals mechanical resonance occurs.

Multiple choice history the east and the west: era of exchanges east and west : cultural exchanges in medieval period east asia in the middle ages china: two different phases east and west : trade exchanges in medieval period

Western music had its beginning during the medieval period.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Western classical music as a formal tradition is generally considered to have its roots in the liturgical music of the Medieval period, such as Gregorian chant.

Multiple choice history the east and the west: era of exchanges east and west : cultural exchanges in medieval period east asia in the middle ages china: two different phases east and west : trade exchanges in medieval period

Which among the following was the medieval musical instrument?

  1. Piano

  2. Lute

  3. Violin

  4. Guitar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The lute was a very popular string instrument during the Medieval and Renaissance periods, whereas the piano and violin in their modern forms appeared much later.

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

The part of the violin which vibrates while playing it is :

  1. the wire

  2. the box of the violin

  3. both the wire and the box

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In a violin, the strings (wires) vibrate when played, and these vibrations are amplified by the hollow wooden body (the box). Both components are essential for producing the sound.

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 musical instruments is a wind instruments?

  1. Flute

  2. Drums

  3. Piano

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Flute is played by blowing air into the instrument. So, it is a blow / wind instrument. Drums are played by hitting on its stretched membrane. So, it is a beat instrument.

Piano is played by hitting stretched strings inside with hammers. So, piano is a string instrument.

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 is the vibrating part of Saxophone?

  1. Stretched -Membrane

  2. Stretch-String

  3. Air column

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

Wind instruments are those which are played by blowing air into them through the human mouth.  They include saxophone,  trumpet, flute etc. In any wind instrument,  it is the air column which vibrates with a specific tone and produces music.

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 is the vibrating part of Banjo?

  1. Stretched- Membrane

  2. Stretched- String

  3. Air column

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

String instruments are those which are played by manually vibrating the strings made of metal. When these strings are made to vibrate they emit a sound of a specific tone and produce music. Examples of such instruments are Banjo, guitar,  violin and so on. 

Multiple choice physics oscillations and waves standing waves in strings standing waves reflection of waves

The vibrating body while playing a violin is ___________.

  1. wire

  2. the box of the violin

  3. both wire and box

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

In a violin, the vibrating string (wire) creates the initial sound, but the wooden body of the violin acts as a resonator to amplify the sound waves, making both essential for the instrument's function.