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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 601 · 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.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  3. 3.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a drumstick (d) a straw
  4. 4.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) sitar (c) guitar (d) ektara
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) drum (c) sarod (d) manjira
  7. 7.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  8. 8.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  9. 9.🎺 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
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ektara (c) veena (d) sitar
  11. 11.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  12. 12.True or false: the mridangam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) tambourine (c) ektara (d) damru
  15. 15.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) vibrates (c) freezes (d) dissolves
  16. 16.True or false: the tabla is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  18. 18.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  19. 19.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) guitar (c) sarod (d) tabla
  21. 21.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) ektara (c) drum (d) shehnai
  22. 22.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  23. 23.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  25. 25.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the clarinet is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ghatam (b) veena (c) harp (d) conch
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) drum (c) veena (d) tambourine
  29. 29.True or false: the guitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) sitar (c) nadaswaram (d) manjira
  31. 31.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) dholak (b) sarod (c) clarinet (d) ektara
  32. 32.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  33. 33.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) ektara (d) sarod
  35. 35.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tabla (b) harp (c) guitar (d) shehnai
  37. 37.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  38. 38.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  39. 39.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) mridangam (b) saxophone (c) guitar (d) harp
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) mridangam (c) sarangi (d) sitar

Answer key

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

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