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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 511 · 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 tapping with hands (b) by blowing into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by bowing strings
  2. 2.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by shaking it (d) by hitting it
  3. 3.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) vibrates (d) melts
  4. 4.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ektara (b) shehnai (c) nadaswaram (d) bansuri
  6. 6.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  7. 7.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  8. 8.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  9. 9.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) flute (c) ektara (d) violin
  11. 11.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) flute (d) tabla
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) drum (c) damru (d) sarangi
  13. 13.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) harp (d) tabla
  15. 15.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  16. 16.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a straw (c) a bow (d) a spoon
  17. 17.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) mridangam (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) nadaswaram
  18. 18.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  19. 19.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) guitar (c) nadaswaram (d) bansuri
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) dholak (c) trumpet (d) ektara
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) manjira (c) clarinet (d) damru
  23. 23.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) guitar (c) conch (d) trumpet
  24. 24.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  26. 26.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) trumpet (c) nadaswaram (d) tabla
  28. 28.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) mridangam (c) veena (d) drum
  30. 30.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  31. 31.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) bansuri (c) flute (d) sitar
  33. 33.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  34. 34.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) trumpet (c) dholak (d) bansuri
  36. 36.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  38. 38.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) dholak (c) veena (d) conch
  40. 40.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) clarinet (c) sitar (d) conch

Answer key

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

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