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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 313 · 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 do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by blowing into it (d) by bowing strings
  2. 2.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) melts (d) vibrates
  3. 3.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  4. 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) nadaswaram (c) sitar (d) tambourine
  5. 5.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) flute (c) tabla (d) sitar
  6. 6.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) clarinet (d) trumpet
  9. 9.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by shaking it (d) by plucking strings
  10. 10.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) sitar (c) veena (d) manjira
  12. 12.True or false: the harp is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) drum (c) sitar (d) guitar
  14. 14.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) tambourine (c) tabla (d) ghatam
  16. 16.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  17. 17.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarod (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) saxophone (c) sitar (d) veena
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) conch (c) sarod (d) violin
  22. 22.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  23. 23.True or false: the shehnai is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) veena (c) bansuri (d) violin
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) dholak (c) saxophone (d) conch
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) sitar (d) harp
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) conch (c) trumpet (d) nadaswaram
  28. 28.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  29. 29.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  30. 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) violin (b) shehnai (c) mridangam (d) ektara
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) conch (c) tabla (d) nadaswaram
  32. 32.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  33. 33.True or false: the guitar is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) bansuri (c) ghatam (d) sarangi
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) damru (c) tambourine (d) ghatam
  36. 36.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) saxophone (c) harp (d) dholak
  37. 37.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) damru (c) conch (d) ektara
  38. 38.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) saxophone (c) damru (d) trumpet
  39. 39.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) shehnai (c) sitar (d) damru
  40. 40.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?

Answer key

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

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