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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 234 · 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 blowing into it (b) by bowing strings (c) by plucking strings (d) by tapping with hands
  2. 2.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  3. 3.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  4. 4.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tabla (b) guitar (c) bansuri (d) ghatam
  5. 5.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  6. 6.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  7. 7.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the guitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  10. 10.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  11. 11.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) sarangi (c) manjira (d) violin
  12. 12.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  13. 13.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  14. 14.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) guitar (c) dholak (d) flute
  15. 15.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a straw (c) a spoon (d) a drumstick
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sitar (c) sarangi (d) flute
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) veena (d) dholak
  18. 18.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  20. 20.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  21. 21.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  22. 22.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎺 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
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) nadaswaram (c) shehnai (d) harp
  26. 26.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) tambourine (c) conch (d) nadaswaram
  27. 27.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) flute (d) tabla
  28. 28.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) veena (c) trumpet (d) sarod
  30. 30.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) sitar (c) sarod (d) trumpet
  32. 32.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) sitar (c) guitar (d) violin
  34. 34.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) shehnai (b) ghatam (c) harp (d) damru
  37. 37.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) tabla (c) ghatam (d) manjira
  39. 39.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) nadaswaram (c) sarangi (d) damru

Answer key

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

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