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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 116 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) veena (c) harp (d) ghatam
  2. 2.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) vibrates (c) dissolves (d) freezes
  3. 3.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  5. 5.True or false: the manjira is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  7. 7.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ghatam (b) violin (c) bansuri (d) veena
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) sarangi (d) veena
  9. 9.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  10. 10.True or false: the manjira is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  13. 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) violin (c) mridangam (d) shehnai
  14. 14.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) ghatam (c) tambourine (d) dholak
  16. 16.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  17. 17.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  19. 19.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  21. 21.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) sarangi (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  22. 22.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a spoon
  23. 23.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  24. 24.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarod (b) shehnai (c) manjira (d) bansuri
  26. 26.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  28. 28.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) nadaswaram (c) violin (d) tabla
  29. 29.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) trumpet (c) nadaswaram (d) sarod
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) drum (c) tabla (d) trumpet
  32. 32.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) ghatam (c) veena (d) clarinet
  34. 34.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  35. 35.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) ektara (c) shehnai (d) dholak
  36. 36.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  37. 37.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  38. 38.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  39. 39.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.True or false: the sarod is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. ghatam
  2. vibrates
  3. True
  4. by tapping with hands
  5. False
  6. 6
  7. ghatam
  8. shehnai
  9. wind
  10. False
  11. False
  12. tabla
  13. shehnai
  14. False
  15. bansuri
  16. percussion
  17. False
  18. 7
  19. True
  20. 2
  21. sarangi
  22. a bow
  23. percussion
  24. True
  25. manjira
  26. True
  27. string
  28. violin
  29. False
  30. sarod
  31. trumpet
  32. wind
  33. veena
  34. string
  35. ektara
  36. wind
  37. 1
  38. 4
  39. string
  40. False

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