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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 163 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) tabla (c) ghatam (d) sitar
  2. 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  3. 3.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  4. 4.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) trumpet (c) bansuri (d) shehnai
  6. 6.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  7. 7.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  9. 9.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  10. 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) saxophone (c) violin (d) tabla
  11. 11.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a bow (c) a spoon (d) a drumstick
  12. 12.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) ektara (d) dholak
  13. 13.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) veena
  15. 15.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) mridangam (c) damru (d) bansuri
  18. 18.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) tambourine (d) harp
  20. 20.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by bowing strings
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) mridangam (c) manjira (d) dholak
  22. 22.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) sitar (c) ektara (d) veena
  24. 24.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) flute (c) tabla (d) mridangam
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) guitar (c) veena (d) sarangi
  30. 30.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  31. 31.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  32. 32.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) damru (c) dholak (d) tambourine
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) clarinet (c) manjira (d) tambourine
  35. 35.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) melts (d) dissolves
  36. 36.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) harp (c) sarangi (d) mridangam
  38. 38.True or false: the drum is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) clarinet (c) shehnai (d) veena

Answer key

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

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