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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 702 · 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 of these is a percussion instrument? (a) tambourine (b) harp (c) flute (d) guitar
  2. 2.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) nadaswaram (c) manjira (d) dholak
  3. 3.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) harp (c) saxophone (d) damru
  5. 5.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) dholak (c) flute (d) harp
  7. 7.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) sarod (c) drum (d) clarinet
  10. 10.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) shehnai (c) sitar (d) tabla
  11. 11.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  12. 12.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  13. 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) clarinet (b) damru (c) sarangi (d) sitar
  14. 14.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) dissolves (c) freezes (d) vibrates
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) violin (c) dholak (d) harp
  16. 16.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) flute (c) harp (d) bansuri
  18. 18.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  21. 21.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  22. 22.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  23. 23.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) bansuri (c) mridangam (d) sitar
  24. 24.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) flute (c) conch (d) veena
  26. 26.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) ghatam (d) violin
  28. 28.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  29. 29.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  30. 30.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) drum (c) shehnai (d) violin
  32. 32.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) veena (c) guitar (d) dholak
  33. 33.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) veena (c) ektara (d) guitar
  36. 36.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a straw (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) bansuri (c) conch (d) sitar
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) veena
  39. 39.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  40. 40.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string

Answer key

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

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