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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 133 · 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.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  3. 3.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) veena (c) flute (d) mridangam
  4. 4.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  6. 6.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) melts (c) dissolves (d) vibrates
  7. 7.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  8. 8.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by bowing strings (c) by plucking strings (d) by blowing into it
  9. 9.True or false: the saxophone is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) sarangi (c) damru (d) ghatam
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) manjira (c) tabla (d) tambourine
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) harp (c) sitar (d) ektara
  15. 15.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) mridangam (c) conch (d) dholak
  16. 16.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) tabla (c) conch (d) guitar
  17. 17.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  18. 18.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) saxophone (c) sarangi (d) tabla
  19. 19.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the manjira is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) sitar
  22. 22.True or false: the sarod is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) nadaswaram (c) trumpet (d) ghatam
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) shehnai (c) ektara (d) nadaswaram
  26. 26.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) ghatam
  27. 27.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  30. 30.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) shehnai (c) harp (d) sitar
  32. 32.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) conch (c) saxophone (d) tambourine
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) bansuri (c) mridangam (d) damru
  34. 34.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) sarod (c) tambourine (d) trumpet
  35. 35.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  36. 36.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  37. 37.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  38. 38.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  39. 39.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by hitting it (c) by plucking strings (d) by shaking it

Answer key

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

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