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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 521 · 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) violin (b) trumpet (c) clarinet (d) manjira
  2. 2.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by shaking it (d) by plucking strings
  5. 5.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) ektara (c) sarangi (d) manjira
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) ektara (c) tambourine (d) saxophone
  7. 7.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  8. 8.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a straw
  9. 9.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) sarangi (c) sitar (d) sarod
  11. 11.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) freezes (d) melts
  12. 12.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  13. 13.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  14. 14.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) bansuri (c) sarod (d) nadaswaram
  15. 15.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) drum (c) violin (d) sarangi
  16. 16.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  17. 17.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) saxophone (c) ghatam (d) sarangi
  18. 18.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  19. 19.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) clarinet (c) drum (d) manjira
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) dholak (c) sitar (d) ghatam
  21. 21.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  22. 22.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  23. 23.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  24. 24.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  25. 25.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  26. 26.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) sitar (c) harp (d) guitar
  28. 28.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) drum (c) sarod (d) sitar
  32. 32.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) bansuri (c) dholak (d) veena
  35. 35.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) bansuri
  38. 38.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) sarangi (c) violin (d) veena
  40. 40.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion

Answer key

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

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