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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

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

Answer key

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

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