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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 161 · 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 do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by hitting it (c) by shaking it (d) by blowing air into it
  2. 2.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) violin (b) ghatam (c) dholak (d) damru
  3. 3.True or false: the mridangam is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  5. 5.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by bowing strings
  6. 6.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) guitar (c) tambourine (d) sarod
  7. 7.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) vibrates (d) melts
  8. 8.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the guitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  11. 11.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) harp
  12. 12.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) shehnai (b) manjira (c) sarod (d) veena
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sarod (c) violin (d) drum
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) sitar
  15. 15.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  16. 16.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  17. 17.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) drum (c) flute (d) ghatam
  18. 18.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  19. 19.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  20. 20.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) guitar (b) tambourine (c) trumpet (d) bansuri
  23. 23.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  24. 24.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) damru (c) sarod (d) shehnai
  25. 25.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) bansuri (c) damru (d) violin
  26. 26.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) harp (c) flute (d) violin
  29. 29.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  30. 30.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  31. 31.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  32. 32.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  34. 34.True or false: the flute is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) damru (c) mridangam (d) trumpet
  36. 36.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) tabla (c) ektara (d) nadaswaram
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) harp (c) shehnai (d) saxophone
  38. 38.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) flute (d) shehnai
  39. 39.True or false: the sarod is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a straw (c) a drumstick (d) a bow

Answer key

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

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