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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 541 · 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 many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  2. 2.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  3. 3.🎺 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
  4. 4.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  5. 5.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) guitar (c) nadaswaram (d) violin
  7. 7.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  8. 8.True or false: the dholak is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) tabla (c) veena (d) mridangam
  10. 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) bansuri (c) saxophone (d) violin
  11. 11.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a bow (c) a straw (d) a spoon
  12. 12.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  13. 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) shehnai (c) ghatam (d) sarod
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) veena (c) tabla (d) violin
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) clarinet (c) conch (d) trumpet
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) violin (c) clarinet (d) shehnai
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) violin (c) bansuri (d) guitar
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) veena (c) sarangi (d) guitar
  19. 19.True or false: the ektara is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  21. 21.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  22. 22.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  23. 23.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  24. 24.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) sitar (c) clarinet (d) damru
  25. 25.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) tabla (c) conch (d) sarangi
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarangi (c) veena (d) damru
  27. 27.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  28. 28.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) violin (c) sarod (d) flute
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) guitar (c) veena (d) mridangam
  32. 32.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) freezes
  33. 33.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) tabla
  35. 35.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) conch (b) ektara (c) tambourine (d) nadaswaram
  36. 36.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by blowing into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by bowing strings
  37. 37.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) dholak (c) veena (d) damru
  39. 39.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) dholak (b) violin (c) flute (d) trumpet

Answer key

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

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