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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 456 · 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 veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  3. 3.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) vibrates (d) melts
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) damru (c) tambourine (d) sitar
  6. 6.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  7. 7.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by hitting it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by shaking it
  8. 8.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) drum (d) harp
  10. 10.True or false: the bansuri is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) conch (c) violin (d) bansuri
  12. 12.True or false: the manjira is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) drum (c) ektara (d) damru
  15. 15.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  16. 16.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  17. 17.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) mridangam (c) tambourine (d) veena
  19. 19.True or false: the manjira is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  21. 21.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  22. 22.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  23. 23.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  26. 26.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  27. 27.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  28. 28.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tabla (b) tambourine (c) shehnai (d) manjira
  30. 30.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) tabla
  31. 31.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by blowing into it (d) by bowing strings
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) dholak (c) sarangi (d) sitar
  34. 34.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) drum (b) saxophone (c) tabla (d) ektara
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) trumpet (c) manjira (d) bansuri
  38. 38.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  39. 39.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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