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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 850 · 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.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a drumstick (c) a straw (d) a spoon
  2. 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  3. 3.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) flute (c) damru (d) sitar
  4. 4.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
  7. 7.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by blowing into it (d) by plucking strings
  8. 8.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  9. 9.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) drum (c) sarod (d) dholak
  11. 11.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  12. 12.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  13. 13.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) sarangi (c) manjira (d) sitar
  14. 14.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  15. 15.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) clarinet (b) ghatam (c) violin (d) damru
  17. 17.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) melts (c) dissolves (d) freezes
  18. 18.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) flute (c) shehnai (d) tabla
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) sarod (c) tabla (d) violin
  20. 20.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  21. 21.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  22. 22.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) ektara (c) sarangi (d) manjira
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarangi (c) sitar (d) mridangam
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) manjira (c) tabla (d) tambourine
  26. 26.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  27. 27.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) ektara (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
  30. 30.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  31. 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) guitar (c) shehnai (d) dholak
  32. 32.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) sitar (c) mridangam (d) flute
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) clarinet (b) veena (c) manjira (d) flute
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) shehnai (c) harp (d) clarinet
  35. 35.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) bansuri
  36. 36.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  37. 37.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) shehnai (c) violin (d) sitar
  39. 39.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  40. 40.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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