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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 305 · 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.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a straw (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  2. 2.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by plucking strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  3. 3.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  4. 4.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  5. 5.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) clarinet (b) guitar (c) conch (d) tambourine
  6. 6.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  7. 7.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) melts (d) dissolves
  8. 8.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  9. 9.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  10. 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) trumpet (c) sitar (d) dholak
  11. 11.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) ektara (c) manjira (d) saxophone
  12. 12.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) veena (c) dholak (d) ektara
  14. 14.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  15. 15.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) mridangam (c) tambourine (d) shehnai
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) dholak (c) ghatam (d) conch
  17. 17.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) damru (b) nadaswaram (c) drum (d) mridangam
  18. 18.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) trumpet (c) sitar (d) damru
  19. 19.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) flute (d) shehnai
  22. 22.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the sarangi is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) tabla (b) saxophone (c) clarinet (d) sitar
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) sarod (c) sarangi (d) violin
  27. 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) flute (c) mridangam (d) conch
  28. 28.🎺 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) nadaswaram (c) flute (d) ghatam
  30. 30.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  31. 31.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  33. 33.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  35. 35.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) harp (c) clarinet (d) veena
  36. 36.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) saxophone (c) tambourine (d) veena
  38. 38.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  39. 39.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  40. 40.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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