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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 463 · 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.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) freezes (c) vibrates (d) dissolves
  2. 2.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) guitar (c) violin (d) harp
  4. 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) manjira (b) nadaswaram (c) veena (d) ektara
  5. 5.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) dholak (b) shehnai (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) tambourine (c) shehnai (d) harp
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) guitar (d) violin
  8. 8.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  9. 9.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) sitar (c) violin (d) conch
  10. 10.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  11. 11.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  12. 12.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) sitar (c) ghatam (d) tabla
  13. 13.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) damru (c) mridangam (d) conch
  15. 15.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  16. 16.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) tabla
  17. 17.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  18. 18.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  19. 19.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  20. 20.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  21. 21.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  24. 24.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  26. 26.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  27. 27.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) nadaswaram (c) saxophone (d) clarinet
  30. 30.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) drum (c) ghatam (d) bansuri
  31. 31.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a straw (c) a spoon (d) a drumstick
  32. 32.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  33. 33.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) ektara (c) saxophone (d) dholak
  35. 35.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by bowing strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by plucking strings
  38. 38.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ektara (c) drum (d) ghatam
  40. 40.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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