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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 411 · 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 wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) harp
  2. 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) harp (c) violin (d) mridangam
  4. 4.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  5. 5.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) dholak (c) clarinet (d) trumpet
  7. 7.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) shehnai (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  9. 9.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  10. 10.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  11. 11.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  12. 12.🎺 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
  13. 13.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  14. 14.True or false: the ghatam is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) harp (c) damru (d) veena
  16. 16.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) nadaswaram (c) flute (d) veena
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sitar (c) flute (d) violin
  19. 19.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) dissolves (c) freezes (d) vibrates
  20. 20.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by bowing strings
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) sarod (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  22. 22.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  23. 23.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  24. 24.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) sarangi (c) veena (d) tambourine
  26. 26.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) damru (c) mridangam (d) harp
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) flute (c) ektara (d) nadaswaram
  29. 29.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) damru (b) sarangi (c) guitar (d) flute
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) harp (c) shehnai (d) veena
  31. 31.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) mridangam (c) dholak (d) nadaswaram
  33. 33.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) damru (c) clarinet (d) dholak
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) tabla (c) tambourine (d) clarinet
  35. 35.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) ektara (c) dholak (d) harp
  37. 37.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) flute

Answer key

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

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