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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 146 · 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 many drums make up one tabla set?
  2. 2.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) tabla (c) sitar (d) shehnai
  5. 5.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) drum (b) mridangam (c) violin (d) saxophone
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) ghatam (c) trumpet (d) ektara
  7. 7.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) harp (c) shehnai (d) sarangi
  9. 9.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by tapping with hands
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) sitar (c) ektara (d) sarod
  13. 13.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by shaking it (d) by plucking strings
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) sarod (c) veena (d) tabla
  16. 16.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) freezes
  17. 17.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  18. 18.True or false: the saxophone is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) manjira (c) bansuri (d) tabla
  20. 20.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  21. 21.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) flute (c) guitar (d) dholak
  23. 23.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  24. 24.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) trumpet (c) shehnai (d) dholak
  26. 26.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) clarinet (b) mridangam (c) violin (d) ektara
  28. 28.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a bow (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
  29. 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) dholak (c) nadaswaram (d) harp
  30. 30.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  31. 31.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) conch (b) violin (c) sitar (d) tabla
  32. 32.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  33. 33.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  34. 34.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  35. 35.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) flute (c) veena (d) conch
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) guitar (c) harp (d) damru
  37. 37.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) bansuri (d) tabla
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) tabla (c) mridangam (d) nadaswaram
  39. 39.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) ghatam (c) trumpet (d) saxophone

Answer key

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

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