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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 221 · 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.True or false: the guitar is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) nadaswaram (d) conch
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) dholak (c) clarinet (d) trumpet
  4. 4.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  5. 5.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by hitting it
  6. 6.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sarangi (c) ghatam (d) guitar
  8. 8.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) saxophone (d) violin
  10. 10.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  11. 11.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  12. 12.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  13. 13.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  15. 15.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) saxophone (b) veena (c) sitar (d) guitar
  16. 16.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  17. 17.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  18. 18.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) nadaswaram (c) trumpet (d) mridangam
  19. 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) saxophone (c) veena (d) clarinet
  20. 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) sarangi (d) mridangam
  21. 21.True or false: the sarangi is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) flute (c) shehnai (d) sitar
  23. 23.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) sitar (c) manjira (d) drum
  25. 25.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ektara (b) veena (c) damru (d) shehnai
  26. 26.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  27. 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarod (b) mridangam (c) ghatam (d) bansuri
  28. 28.True or false: the clarinet is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) nadaswaram (c) ektara (d) ghatam
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) flute (c) shehnai (d) bansuri
  31. 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) drum (c) shehnai (d) ektara
  32. 32.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  33. 33.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) damru (c) trumpet (d) guitar
  34. 34.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) flute (b) dholak (c) ektara (d) sarangi
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) tabla (c) mridangam (d) tambourine
  36. 36.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  37. 37.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) melts
  38. 38.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarod (b) veena (c) harp (d) dholak
  39. 39.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  40. 40.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion

Answer key

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

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