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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 889 · 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 ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  3. 3.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) tabla (c) conch (d) harp
  4. 4.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) violin (c) dholak (d) bansuri
  5. 5.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) nadaswaram (c) manjira (d) mridangam
  7. 7.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) ektara (c) dholak (d) manjira
  8. 8.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) bansuri (b) violin (c) damru (d) sarod
  9. 9.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  10. 10.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  11. 11.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) mridangam (c) tabla (d) sarod
  13. 13.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) melts (c) vibrates (d) dissolves
  14. 14.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by hitting it (d) by plucking strings
  15. 15.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) flute (b) tabla (c) sarod (d) shehnai
  16. 16.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  17. 17.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  18. 18.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  19. 19.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
  20. 20.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by bowing strings
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) violin (c) shehnai (d) veena
  22. 22.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) ektara (c) ghatam (d) flute
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) trumpet (d) drum
  24. 24.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) manjira (d) clarinet
  26. 26.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ghatam (c) dholak (d) harp
  28. 28.True or false: the sarod is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  30. 30.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  35. 35.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) damru (b) veena (c) conch (d) sitar
  36. 36.True or false: the harp is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  38. 38.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  39. 39.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  40. 40.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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