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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 351 · 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.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) clarinet (c) bansuri (d) tabla
  2. 2.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) tambourine (c) conch (d) flute
  3. 3.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by shaking it (d) by hitting it
  4. 4.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) harp (c) ektara (d) tambourine
  6. 6.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  7. 7.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  8. 8.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) harp (c) damru (d) dholak
  10. 10.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  11. 11.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a spoon (c) a drumstick (d) a bow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) dholak (c) drum (d) shehnai
  14. 14.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) tambourine (c) tabla (d) clarinet
  16. 16.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) vibrates (c) freezes (d) dissolves
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) damru (c) mridangam (d) ghatam
  18. 18.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  19. 19.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  20. 20.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  21. 21.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarod (b) dholak (c) conch (d) saxophone
  23. 23.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by bowing strings (c) by plucking strings (d) by blowing into it
  24. 24.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) dholak (d) sitar
  25. 25.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) tabla
  26. 26.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) damru (c) harp (d) manjira
  27. 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) nadaswaram (c) sarod (d) conch
  28. 28.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  29. 29.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  30. 30.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  31. 31.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  32. 32.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  33. 33.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) veena (c) ghatam (d) guitar
  35. 35.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  36. 36.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  37. 37.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  38. 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) nadaswaram (c) damru (d) violin
  39. 39.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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