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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

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

Answer key

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

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