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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 300 · 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 nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  3. 3.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) bansuri
  6. 6.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  7. 7.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  8. 8.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by plucking strings (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
  9. 9.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  10. 10.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  11. 11.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  12. 12.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by plucking strings
  14. 14.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) flute (c) sarod (d) tabla
  15. 15.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) damru (b) guitar (c) ektara (d) saxophone
  16. 16.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) mridangam (b) manjira (c) trumpet (d) violin
  17. 17.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) ektara (c) conch (d) ghatam
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) dholak (c) tabla (d) bansuri
  19. 19.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a straw
  20. 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) conch (b) trumpet (c) nadaswaram (d) tabla
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) saxophone (c) sarod (d) tabla
  22. 22.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  23. 23.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) flute (c) bansuri (d) violin
  24. 24.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  25. 25.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) shehnai (c) sitar (d) flute
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) harp (d) sarod
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) tambourine (c) dholak (d) mridangam
  28. 28.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) clarinet (c) nadaswaram (d) ghatam
  31. 31.True or false: the mridangam is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) mridangam (b) guitar (c) harp (d) sarod
  33. 33.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  34. 34.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  35. 35.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) melts (c) vibrates (d) dissolves
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) harp (c) tambourine (d) ghatam
  39. 39.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  40. 40.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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