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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 606 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) sarangi (c) harp (d) flute
  2. 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  3. 3.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  4. 4.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  5. 5.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  6. 6.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
  7. 7.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) melts
  8. 8.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  9. 9.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by plucking strings (c) by shaking it (d) by blowing air into it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) drum (d) nadaswaram
  11. 11.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  12. 12.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) saxophone (c) guitar (d) manjira
  13. 13.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) tabla (c) tambourine (d) manjira
  16. 16.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  17. 17.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) clarinet (b) bansuri (c) sarangi (d) drum
  18. 18.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) bansuri (c) trumpet (d) veena
  21. 21.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  22. 22.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by plucking strings
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) sarangi (c) damru (d) drum
  24. 24.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) saxophone (c) shehnai (d) mridangam
  26. 26.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) mridangam (c) clarinet (d) sitar
  27. 27.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  29. 29.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) dholak (d) tambourine
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) guitar (b) conch (c) drum (d) saxophone
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) tambourine (c) ektara (d) sarangi
  35. 35.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) damru (b) sarod (c) violin (d) bansuri
  36. 36.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) manjira (c) flute (d) nadaswaram
  37. 37.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) bansuri (c) veena (d) sitar
  38. 38.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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