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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 398 · 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 instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) tabla (c) shehnai (d) sitar
  2. 2.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a drumstick (c) a straw (d) a bow
  3. 3.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) trumpet (d) sarod
  5. 5.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ektara (b) conch (c) shehnai (d) flute
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) tabla (c) dholak (d) manjira
  7. 7.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) violin (c) tambourine (d) shehnai
  8. 8.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  10. 10.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  11. 11.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) violin (c) sarangi (d) tambourine
  13. 13.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  14. 14.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  15. 15.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  17. 17.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  18. 18.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) manjira (c) harp (d) tambourine
  19. 19.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  20. 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) dholak (b) clarinet (c) bansuri (d) trumpet
  21. 21.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  22. 22.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by shaking it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by plucking strings
  24. 24.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  26. 26.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) damru (c) guitar (d) sarangi
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) drum (c) dholak (d) veena
  30. 30.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the conch is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  33. 33.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) vibrates (c) freezes (d) dissolves
  34. 34.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  35. 35.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) nadaswaram (c) sarangi (d) veena
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) sitar (d) violin
  37. 37.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  38. 38.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  40. 40.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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