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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 642 · 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 strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  2. 2.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by plucking strings (d) by blowing into it
  3. 3.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) veena (c) clarinet (d) drum
  4. 4.True or false: the dholak is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) flute
  6. 6.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  7. 7.True or false: the bansuri is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) trumpet (c) sarod (d) flute
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) damru (c) tabla (d) violin
  10. 10.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  11. 11.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  15. 15.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  16. 16.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  17. 17.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) sarangi (c) shehnai (d) trumpet
  19. 19.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) veena (c) sitar (d) guitar
  20. 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) veena (c) tambourine (d) sarod
  21. 21.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  22. 22.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the sarangi is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) tabla (c) sarod (d) tambourine
  25. 25.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the sitar is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) sitar (c) sarangi (d) sarod
  29. 29.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) trumpet (c) saxophone (d) clarinet
  31. 31.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) sarangi
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) damru (c) harp (d) saxophone
  35. 35.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  37. 37.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by shaking it (d) by hitting it
  38. 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) flute (c) conch (d) veena
  39. 39.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  40. 40.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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