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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 513 · 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.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  2. 2.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  3. 3.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) flute (d) shehnai
  4. 4.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) drum (c) tabla (d) violin
  6. 6.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) violin (c) harp (d) nadaswaram
  8. 8.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  10. 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) sarangi (c) sarod (d) mridangam
  11. 11.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  12. 12.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) dholak (c) trumpet (d) guitar
  13. 13.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  14. 14.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  15. 15.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  17. 17.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by tapping with hands
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) dholak (c) guitar (d) mridangam
  19. 19.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) veena
  20. 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) sarangi (c) ghatam (d) violin
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) conch (b) tambourine (c) ektara (d) damru
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) ektara (c) sarangi (d) saxophone
  23. 23.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) harp (c) flute (d) shehnai
  25. 25.True or false: the saxophone is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) saxophone (c) conch (d) mridangam
  27. 27.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) violin (c) harp (d) sarod
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) nadaswaram (c) ghatam (d) mridangam
  30. 30.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) ghatam (c) tambourine (d) violin
  31. 31.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  34. 34.True or false: the ghatam is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) ektara (c) violin (d) sitar
  37. 37.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a straw (c) a spoon (d) a bow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) mridangam (c) manjira (d) sitar
  39. 39.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) ghatam (c) mridangam (d) saxophone

Answer key

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

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