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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 391 · 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 drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a straw
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) tambourine (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  3. 3.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  4. 4.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  5. 5.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  7. 7.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) guitar (c) mridangam (d) bansuri
  10. 10.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  11. 11.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) harp (c) tabla (d) bansuri
  12. 12.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) ghatam (c) flute (d) harp
  13. 13.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by bowing strings
  14. 14.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) saxophone (c) trumpet (d) tabla
  16. 16.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) flute (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) harp (c) sarod (d) mridangam
  18. 18.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  19. 19.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) melts (c) dissolves (d) freezes
  20. 20.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) clarinet (c) veena (d) tabla
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) mridangam (c) tabla (d) manjira
  22. 22.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing air into it (c) by hitting it (d) by shaking it
  23. 23.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) clarinet
  26. 26.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  27. 27.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) sarod (c) manjira (d) shehnai
  28. 28.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) sarangi (c) drum (d) ektara
  30. 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) damru (c) violin (d) sarangi
  31. 31.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  33. 33.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) sarangi (c) ghatam (d) guitar
  35. 35.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) sarangi (c) dholak (d) sitar
  37. 37.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) tambourine (c) harp (d) trumpet
  39. 39.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind

Answer key

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

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