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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 841 · 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.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  2. 2.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the bansuri is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) mridangam (c) ektara (d) clarinet
  6. 6.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a drumstick (c) a straw (d) a bow
  7. 7.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  8. 8.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) manjira (c) harp (d) sarod
  9. 9.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  10. 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) nadaswaram (c) violin (d) shehnai
  11. 11.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) vibrates (d) melts
  12. 12.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  13. 13.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the tabla is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) sarod (c) drum (d) sitar
  17. 17.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) sarod (c) dholak (d) bansuri
  18. 18.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  19. 19.True or false: the dholak is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) mridangam (c) drum (d) tabla
  21. 21.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  22. 22.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) shehnai (d) flute
  23. 23.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  24. 24.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ektara (b) manjira (c) mridangam (d) shehnai
  26. 26.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  27. 27.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) trumpet (c) flute (d) mridangam
  29. 29.True or false: the tambourine is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) manjira (c) veena (d) drum
  32. 32.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  33. 33.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarod (b) bansuri (c) veena (d) tambourine
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarangi (c) ektara (d) conch
  36. 36.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
  39. 39.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  40. 40.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) ghatam (c) tambourine (d) flute

Answer key

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

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