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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 199 · 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 tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by plucking strings
  2. 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  3. 3.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  4. 4.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  5. 5.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) damru (c) dholak (d) conch
  6. 6.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) melts (c) dissolves (d) freezes
  7. 7.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) dholak (c) shehnai (d) tabla
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) tambourine (c) nadaswaram (d) shehnai
  10. 10.True or false: the guitar is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  12. 12.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) saxophone (c) harp (d) tambourine
  14. 14.True or false: the ektara is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  16. 16.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) damru (c) nadaswaram (d) veena
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ghatam (c) manjira (d) guitar
  18. 18.True or false: the bansuri is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) flute (c) ektara (d) shehnai
  20. 20.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  22. 22.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  23. 23.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  24. 24.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by hitting it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by plucking strings
  25. 25.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) flute (c) bansuri (d) veena
  27. 27.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  28. 28.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  29. 29.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  32. 32.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) ghatam (c) mridangam (d) guitar
  33. 33.True or false: the conch is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) veena (c) harp (d) damru
  35. 35.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  36. 36.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) shehnai (d) flute
  37. 37.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the manjira is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a bow
  40. 40.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) dholak (c) mridangam (d) bansuri

Answer key

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

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