Q. Which of the following instruments are chordophones?
  1. Violin
  2. Guitar
  3. Sarangi
  4. Mridangam
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Answer: Only 1, 2 & 3
Notes: Chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound through vibrating strings. Violin, guitar, and sarangi are all string instruments and thus chordophones. Mridangam is a percussion instrument that produces sound by vibrating a stretched membrane, not strings, and is therefore not a chordophone.
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