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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 421 · 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.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  3. 3.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a spoon
  6. 6.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) harp (d) manjira
  7. 7.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) tambourine (c) tabla (d) sarangi
  8. 8.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  9. 9.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing air into it (d) by shaking it
  10. 10.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by plucking strings (c) by bowing strings (d) by blowing into it
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) guitar (c) conch (d) sarangi
  12. 12.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) tabla (c) shehnai (d) sitar
  13. 13.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  14. 14.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) trumpet (c) harp (d) saxophone
  16. 16.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) sarod (c) trumpet (d) conch
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) trumpet (c) bansuri (d) manjira
  19. 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) bansuri (c) tabla (d) sitar
  20. 20.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  21. 21.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  22. 22.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  23. 23.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  24. 24.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) conch (c) sarod (d) ghatam
  25. 25.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  27. 27.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  28. 28.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  30. 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) shehnai (b) mridangam (c) manjira (d) veena
  31. 31.True or false: the conch is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) nadaswaram
  34. 34.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  38. 38.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  39. 39.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the guitar is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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