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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 269 · 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.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  4. 4.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) freezes (c) vibrates (d) melts
  5. 5.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) shehnai (c) bansuri (d) ektara
  7. 7.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) conch (c) damru (d) veena
  8. 8.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by shaking it (c) by plucking strings (d) by hitting it
  9. 9.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  11. 11.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  12. 12.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  13. 13.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  14. 14.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by bowing strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by plucking strings
  15. 15.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a straw
  16. 16.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) sarod (c) drum (d) harp
  18. 18.True or false: the flute is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) violin (c) saxophone (d) bansuri
  21. 21.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  23. 23.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) flute (d) shehnai
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) dholak (d) ektara
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) harp (c) flute (d) violin
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) tambourine (b) guitar (c) harp (d) conch
  28. 28.True or false: the conch is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the mridangam is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  31. 31.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) damru (c) drum (d) shehnai
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) harp (c) conch (d) flute
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) flute (c) ghatam (d) sitar
  35. 35.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) flute (b) ghatam (c) drum (d) mridangam
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) tambourine (c) ghatam (d) sarangi
  38. 38.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ektara (b) trumpet (c) drum (d) tabla
  39. 39.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) sarangi (c) sarod (d) clarinet

Answer key

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

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