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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 458 · 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 string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) drum (c) harp (d) bansuri
  2. 2.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarod (b) sarangi (c) violin (d) nadaswaram
  5. 5.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  6. 6.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a drumstick (d) a straw
  7. 7.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) freezes (d) melts
  8. 8.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) bansuri (c) sarod (d) manjira
  10. 10.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  11. 11.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  12. 12.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by plucking strings
  13. 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) clarinet (b) dholak (c) tabla (d) tambourine
  14. 14.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) mridangam (b) ektara (c) shehnai (d) sarod
  15. 15.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  17. 17.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  19. 19.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  20. 20.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  21. 21.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) trumpet
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) tabla (c) conch (d) drum
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) violin (c) veena (d) sitar
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) nadaswaram (c) violin (d) saxophone
  26. 26.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) sitar (c) dholak (d) ghatam
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) nadaswaram (c) tambourine (d) harp
  28. 28.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  29. 29.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) saxophone
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) conch (c) guitar (d) nadaswaram
  32. 32.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) trumpet (d) ektara
  34. 34.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) damru (c) bansuri (d) tabla
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) sitar (c) nadaswaram (d) ektara
  37. 37.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  38. 38.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
  40. 40.True or false: the dholak is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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