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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 11 · 40 questions
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Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.

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  1. 1.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  2. 2.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by plucking strings (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) damru (c) veena (d) manjira
  4. 4.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) ghatam (c) violin (d) drum
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) clarinet (c) tabla (d) violin
  7. 7.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) flute
  8. 8.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) violin (c) dholak (d) sarangi
  10. 10.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  12. 12.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  13. 13.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a straw (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  14. 14.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sitar (c) clarinet (d) violin
  16. 16.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) harp (c) ghatam (d) mridangam
  18. 18.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ektara (b) tabla (c) violin (d) trumpet
  19. 19.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarod (b) nadaswaram (c) mridangam (d) violin
  20. 20.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  23. 23.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) damru (c) sitar (d) guitar
  24. 24.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) flute (c) mridangam (d) nadaswaram
  25. 25.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  26. 26.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sarod (c) tambourine (d) violin
  28. 28.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) saxophone (b) tambourine (c) guitar (d) sarangi
  30. 30.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) tabla (c) veena (d) dholak
  31. 31.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  33. 33.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) mridangam (b) flute (c) guitar (d) ghatam
  35. 35.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) trumpet (c) ghatam (d) ektara
  37. 37.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  39. 39.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) dissolves
  40. 40.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?

Answer key

  1. by tapping with hands
  2. by blowing air into it
  3. veena
  4. string
  5. violin
  6. violin
  7. tabla
  8. percussion
  9. dholak
  10. False
  11. wind
  12. string
  13. a bow
  14. string
  15. clarinet
  16. 6
  17. harp
  18. trumpet
  19. nadaswaram
  20. True
  21. False
  22. string
  23. damru
  24. mridangam
  25. wind
  26. True
  27. tambourine
  28. False
  29. tambourine
  30. veena
  31. False
  32. 7
  33. True
  34. flute
  35. True
  36. ghatam
  37. False
  38. 4
  39. vibrates
  40. 2

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