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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 495 · 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.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by blowing into it (d) by bowing strings
  2. 2.True or false: the ektara is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) flute (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) saxophone (c) violin (d) sarangi
  5. 5.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  6. 6.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) veena (c) ektara (d) damru
  8. 8.True or false: the veena is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by hitting it (c) by plucking strings (d) by shaking it
  10. 10.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) freezes (c) vibrates (d) melts
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) clarinet (c) trumpet (d) tambourine
  12. 12.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  13. 13.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) tambourine (c) tabla (d) mridangam
  15. 15.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  16. 16.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) harp (c) tabla (d) sitar
  17. 17.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  19. 19.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  20. 20.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a drumstick
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) tabla (c) sitar (d) guitar
  22. 22.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) ghatam (c) mridangam (d) manjira
  24. 24.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) conch (b) saxophone (c) violin (d) manjira
  26. 26.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  28. 28.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) violin (b) manjira (c) bansuri (d) flute
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) veena (c) sarangi (d) sitar
  31. 31.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  32. 32.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) violin (d) damru
  33. 33.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) shehnai (b) tambourine (c) sarangi (d) ghatam
  37. 37.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  38. 38.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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