Which of these is a wind instrument?

Mouth-organ

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Sarangi

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Tabla

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Shehnai

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Solution

The correct option is D
Shehnai

Wind instruments are generally instruments having a pipelike structure. A shehnai is a wind instrument in which when you blow through one end, the air inside the instrument vibrates and thus produces a note.

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1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

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3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?

4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?

6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?

7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.

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