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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 804 · 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 flute is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) shehnai (b) tabla (c) sitar (d) flute
  3. 3.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) mridangam (c) tabla (d) veena
  4. 4.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  5. 5.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  6. 6.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  7. 7.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  8. 8.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarod (b) drum (c) violin (d) nadaswaram
  10. 10.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) bansuri (d) flute
  12. 12.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by bowing strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by tapping with hands
  13. 13.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  14. 14.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by hitting it (d) by shaking it
  15. 15.True or false: the dholak is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) tambourine (c) trumpet (d) saxophone
  17. 17.True or false: the shehnai is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) harp (c) veena (d) shehnai
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) damru (c) bansuri (d) clarinet
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) tambourine (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) sitar
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) saxophone (c) tabla (d) nadaswaram
  24. 24.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ghatam (b) guitar (c) conch (d) violin
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) harp (b) drum (c) trumpet (d) damru
  26. 26.True or false: the harp is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarod (c) nadaswaram (d) dholak
  28. 28.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  29. 29.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the conch is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) nadaswaram (c) dholak (d) tambourine
  32. 32.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) mridangam (c) sarod (d) drum
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) veena (c) guitar (d) sarangi
  35. 35.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  36. 36.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  37. 37.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) sarangi (c) veena (d) shehnai
  39. 39.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) melts (d) vibrates
  40. 40.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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