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Bharata’s Natya Shastra groups musical instruments into tata, sushira, avanaddha and ghana categories. What is the main basis of this classification?

  1. AThe way the instruments produce soundCorrect answer
  2. BThe shape of the musical instruments
  3. CDifferent materials used in the musical instruments
  4. DThe uses of the musical instruments in different occasions, such as wedding, festivals and public gathering
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A. The way the instruments produce sound

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The categories distinguish how sound is produced: vibrating strings in tata instruments, an air column in sushira instruments, a stretched membrane in avanaddha instruments, and the solid body of ghana instruments. This is a classification by sound-producing mechanism rather than by shape or ceremonial use.

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