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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 301 · 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 drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) flute (c) sitar (d) shehnai
  3. 3.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  5. 5.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  6. 6.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  7. 7.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a straw
  8. 8.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  9. 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) nadaswaram (c) sarangi (d) tambourine
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) sitar (c) harp (d) violin
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) violin (c) ektara (d) harp
  12. 12.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) nadaswaram (c) bansuri (d) violin
  13. 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) damru (b) bansuri (c) tambourine (d) veena
  14. 14.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) veena (c) sarangi (d) trumpet
  15. 15.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) conch (c) shehnai (d) drum
  16. 16.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  17. 17.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) shehnai (c) sitar (d) guitar
  19. 19.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) trumpet (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  21. 21.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  22. 22.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  23. 23.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  24. 24.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  25. 25.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by hitting it (c) by plucking strings (d) by blowing air into it
  26. 26.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) bansuri (c) guitar (d) ektara
  28. 28.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) guitar (c) nadaswaram (d) ektara
  31. 31.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) guitar (c) sitar (d) conch
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) sarangi (c) tambourine (d) sarod
  35. 35.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) tabla (c) veena (d) trumpet
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) drum (c) violin (d) damru
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) flute (c) trumpet (d) shehnai
  38. 38.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  39. 39.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  40. 40.True or false: the manjira is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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