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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 440 · 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 shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  3. 3.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  4. 4.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) flute
  5. 5.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  7. 7.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) damru (d) bansuri
  8. 8.True or false: the veena is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) sarangi (c) clarinet (d) tambourine
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) mridangam (c) violin (d) guitar
  11. 11.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) veena (c) mridangam (d) saxophone
  12. 12.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) melts (c) vibrates (d) freezes
  13. 13.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  14. 14.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  15. 15.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) ghatam (c) ektara (d) tabla
  18. 18.True or false: the mridangam is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) dholak (c) saxophone (d) shehnai
  20. 20.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a straw
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) ghatam (c) damru (d) drum
  22. 22.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) guitar (c) dholak (d) tambourine
  23. 23.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) veena (b) bansuri (c) dholak (d) nadaswaram
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) tabla (c) nadaswaram (d) mridangam
  25. 25.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  26. 26.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) mridangam (c) dholak (d) ghatam
  28. 28.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  29. 29.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  30. 30.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  31. 31.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  32. 32.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarod (b) dholak (c) sarangi (d) shehnai
  33. 33.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  35. 35.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  36. 36.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  37. 37.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  38. 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) trumpet (c) mridangam (d) ektara
  39. 39.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) conch (c) flute (d) tabla

Answer key

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

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