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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 free, damped and forced oscillations free, forced and damped oscillations oscillations oscillation and waves physics

Which of the following works on the principle of forced vibration?

  1. Guitar

  2. Tuning fork

  3. Drum

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

Forced vibration is an action in which periodic repetitive and oscillatory force is applied on an object. In this condition, the object is forced to vibrate with the frequency of the applied force. Hence all are forced vibrations.

Multiple choice

What family of instruments is the cello in?

  1. brass

  2. string

  3. woodwind

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

The cello is a member of the string family because it produces sound by vibrating strings, typically played with a bow.

Multiple choice physics sound: production of sound oscillation - amplitude, time period and frequency of oscillation time period, frequency and amplitude of sound oscillatory and periodic motion

Which of the following is not an oscillatory motion?

  1. The tuning fork

  2. The stretched string

  3. The motion of the swing

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

Oscillation is a motion in which a body moves back and forth repeatedly about a mean position. Since in all the first 3 options, the motion is oscillatory, the correct option is 'None of these'.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of musical instrument?

  1. String

  2. Wind

  3. Percussion

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

Electronic instruments are not typically classified as a type of musical instrument, as they do not produce sound through traditional methods such as strings, wind, or percussion.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a common instrument found in a symphony orchestra?

  1. Violin

  2. Viola

  3. Cello

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

The piano is not a common instrument found in a symphony orchestra.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a common type of symphony orchestra?

  1. Chamber Orchestra

  2. Symphony Orchestra

  3. Philharmonic Orchestra

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

The String Orchestra is not a common type of symphony orchestra.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a common instrument found in a symphony orchestra?

  1. Violin

  2. Viola

  3. Cello

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

The Double Bass is not a common instrument found in a symphony orchestra.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of a medieval musical instrument?

  1. The lute

  2. The viol

  3. The bagpipes

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

The lute, the viol, and the bagpipes are all examples of medieval musical instruments.