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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 854 · 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 saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  2. 2.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by bowing strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by plucking strings
  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) shehnai (b) damru (c) conch (d) veena
  7. 7.🎺 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
  8. 8.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) nadaswaram (c) mridangam (d) ektara
  9. 9.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a straw (c) a bow (d) a drumstick
  10. 10.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  11. 11.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  12. 12.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarod (b) violin (c) guitar (d) shehnai
  13. 13.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  14. 14.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) trumpet (c) veena (d) mridangam
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) dholak (c) damru (d) trumpet
  16. 16.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  17. 17.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  18. 18.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) freezes
  19. 19.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) violin (b) veena (c) flute (d) damru
  21. 21.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) ghatam (c) sarod (d) mridangam
  24. 24.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  25. 25.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  26. 26.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) guitar (c) violin (d) veena
  28. 28.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) guitar (c) ghatam (d) dholak
  29. 29.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  30. 30.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sarangi (b) violin (c) tabla (d) conch
  31. 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) trumpet (c) veena (d) tambourine
  32. 32.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) dholak (c) tabla (d) ghatam
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) ektara (c) nadaswaram (d) sarangi
  34. 34.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  35. 35.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  37. 37.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  38. 38.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarod (c) damru (d) violin
  40. 40.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?

Answer key

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

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