Indian Musical Instruments Classification Quiz

Indian Classical Music

• Ghan is a non-membranous percussive instrument with solid resonators.
• Avanaddh is a membranous percussion instrument.
• Sushir is a blown or wind instrument.
• Tat refers to plucked stringed instruments.
• Vitat refers to bowed stringed instruments.
• Tala is a regular, repeating rhythmic phrase, particularly as rendered on a percussive instrument.
• Theka is a sequence of drum syllables called 'bol'.

Indian Instruments

• Tabla is the most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Hindustani music.
• Mridangam is the most common instrument for keeping rhythms in Carnatic music.
• Banam is a single-string fiddle, without frets and with a skin-covered soundbox, played by tribal groups in central India.
• Esraj is a bowed stringed instrument found in two forms throughout the Indian subcontinent.

Indian Art

• Ancient Period (3900 BCE - 1200 CE) is characterized by bronze and copper statuettes and steatite seals.
• Ajanta Caves are 30 rock cave monuments dating back from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE.
• Classical Period (5th to 6th Centuries) is marked by the development of the image of Shiva, the destroyer, into Shiva the Cosmic dance.
• Islamic Ascendancy (1192-1757) or Transitional Period marked the evolution from Vedism into Hinduism or Brahmanism.
• Mogul Period (16th Century) is characterized by the enrichment of Indian culture, in painting and in architecture, with examples like the Taj Mahal.

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

• FMD is characterized by the development of vesicles (blisters-like lesions) in the mouth and feet, excessive salivation, and lameness.
• Prodromal Stage is marked by non-specific signs and symptoms, such as headache, runny nose, and slight fever.
• Mode of transmission includes direct animal to animal contact, contaminated farm equipment, tools, utensils, vehicles, clothing, and shoes, and contaminated uncooked food of animal origin.
• Prevention measures include vaccination of FMD vaccine, quarantining and vaccinating new animals, prohibiting the entry of live animals, semen, embryos, and animal by-products, and washing hands, shoes, and vehicles with disinfectants.

Dominoes

• Dominoes is a game played with rectangular "domino" tiles, also called bones, tiles, stones, men, tickets, or spinners.
• A traditional Sino-European domino set consists of 28 dominoes.
• Each end of a domino is marked with a number of spots called pips or is blank.
• The game of dominoes originated in China, with evidence of tile games dating back to 1120 CE.
• Some historians credit Keung T'ai Kung in the 12th Century BCE for creating dominoes, while others attribute its invention to a statesman named Chu sz yam in 1120 CE.

Chess

• The promotion of a pawn allows it to become any other chess piece except the king.
• The Touch and Move Law states that if a player touches a piece, it must be moved if possible.
• Chess clocks are used in competitive games to time a player's moves, with a certain number of moves required in a certain total time.

Health

• Infection is an invasion of microorganisms into the body that can produce a disease.
• Diseases are any disorder where the body's normal structure or functions are disrupted or impaired.
• Communicable diseases are illnesses that spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person, or from a surface or a food.
• Immunity is the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
• The chain of infection includes a pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, and promotion.