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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

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

Answer key

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

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