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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 682 · 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 do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by hitting it
  2. 2.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
  3. 3.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  4. 4.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  5. 5.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) bansuri (c) mridangam (d) trumpet
  7. 7.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  9. 9.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) tabla (c) sarangi (d) violin
  11. 11.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) damru (c) clarinet (d) sarangi
  12. 12.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  14. 14.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  15. 15.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) manjira (c) sarangi (d) clarinet
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) dholak (c) flute (d) tambourine
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) sarangi
  18. 18.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  19. 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) sarod (c) damru (d) dholak
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) guitar (c) manjira (d) conch
  21. 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) drum (b) flute (c) mridangam (d) sarod
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) sarod (c) dholak (d) sitar
  23. 23.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  24. 24.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  25. 25.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  26. 26.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) damru (b) manjira (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
  27. 27.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) freezes
  29. 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) conch (c) dholak (d) damru
  30. 30.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) tabla (c) sitar (d) flute
  31. 31.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  33. 33.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) tambourine (c) veena (d) sarod
  35. 35.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) saxophone (c) veena (d) bansuri
  36. 36.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) nadaswaram (c) manjira (d) sitar
  37. 37.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) tabla (c) tambourine (d) shehnai
  38. 38.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  39. 39.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) drum (b) bansuri (c) tabla (d) tambourine
  40. 40.True or false: the mridangam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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