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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 127 · 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 of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) conch (c) mridangam (d) ektara
  2. 2.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by shaking it (c) by plucking strings (d) by blowing air into it
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ghatam (c) mridangam (d) guitar
  4. 4.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) bansuri (c) shehnai (d) sarangi
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) clarinet (c) guitar (d) saxophone
  7. 7.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  8. 8.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) conch (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) nadaswaram
  10. 10.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  11. 11.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) ghatam (c) harp (d) ektara
  12. 12.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) tabla (c) flute (d) sitar
  13. 13.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by bowing strings (c) by plucking strings (d) by tapping with hands
  14. 14.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  15. 15.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) mridangam (c) ghatam (d) violin
  17. 17.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  19. 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) flute (c) sarod (d) tambourine
  20. 20.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) ghatam (c) veena (d) violin
  22. 22.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a spoon
  23. 23.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  24. 24.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  25. 25.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  26. 26.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) nadaswaram (c) shehnai (d) damru
  27. 27.True or false: the bansuri is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) damru (c) trumpet (d) saxophone
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) mridangam (c) manjira (d) tabla
  31. 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) trumpet (c) veena (d) bansuri
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) drum (c) tambourine (d) conch
  33. 33.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  34. 34.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) saxophone (c) shehnai (d) conch
  36. 36.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) violin (c) flute (d) dholak
  37. 37.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) melts (c) vibrates (d) freezes
  38. 38.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string

Answer key

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

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