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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 267 · 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 many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  2. 2.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  3. 3.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) dholak (b) harp (c) trumpet (d) flute
  4. 4.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  5. 5.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  7. 7.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) mridangam (b) sitar (c) guitar (d) nadaswaram
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) nadaswaram (c) clarinet (d) harp
  10. 10.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  11. 11.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  12. 12.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  13. 13.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) vibrates
  14. 14.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by bowing strings (d) by blowing into it
  15. 15.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) harp (b) ghatam (c) conch (d) saxophone
  16. 16.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing air into it (d) by shaking it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) conch (c) tabla (d) trumpet
  18. 18.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) tambourine (c) violin (d) drum
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) ektara (c) guitar (d) flute
  21. 21.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) ektara (c) damru (d) clarinet
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) bansuri (c) violin (d) drum
  23. 23.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a drumstick (c) a spoon (d) a straw
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) guitar (c) sarangi (d) manjira
  25. 25.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  27. 27.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  28. 28.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) bansuri (c) saxophone (d) ektara
  29. 29.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  30. 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) clarinet (c) guitar (d) ektara
  31. 31.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) veena (b) mridangam (c) shehnai (d) dholak
  34. 34.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) sitar (c) sarod (d) trumpet
  36. 36.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) sitar (c) nadaswaram (d) harp
  39. 39.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) tabla (c) sitar (d) flute
  40. 40.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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