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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 531 · 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 wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) guitar (c) veena (d) flute
  2. 2.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) shehnai (c) sarod (d) saxophone
  3. 3.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  4. 4.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  5. 5.🎺 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
  6. 6.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) saxophone (c) dholak (d) nadaswaram
  8. 8.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  9. 9.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) dissolves (c) freezes (d) vibrates
  10. 10.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by plucking strings
  11. 11.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) sitar (c) flute (d) tabla
  12. 12.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  13. 13.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) sarangi (c) dholak (d) ghatam
  16. 16.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) damru (b) ektara (c) conch (d) veena
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) nadaswaram (c) sitar (d) ektara
  18. 18.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  19. 19.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  20. 20.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a straw (c) a spoon (d) a bow
  21. 21.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) bansuri (c) sitar (d) conch
  23. 23.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) manjira (c) dholak (d) guitar
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) guitar (c) tabla (d) ghatam
  25. 25.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) guitar (c) veena (d) violin
  27. 27.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  28. 28.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  29. 29.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  30. 30.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sarangi (c) shehnai (d) ektara
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) damru (c) sarangi (d) drum
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) sitar (d) harp
  34. 34.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the sarod is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  37. 37.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  40. 40.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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