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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 897 · 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.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  2. 2.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a drumstick
  3. 3.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by tapping with hands (c) by bowing strings (d) by plucking strings
  4. 4.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) trumpet (c) ghatam (d) violin
  5. 5.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  6. 6.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the flute is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) mridangam (c) ektara (d) dholak
  9. 9.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) freezes (c) vibrates (d) melts
  11. 11.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) flute (c) sitar (d) shehnai
  12. 12.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) damru (c) sarangi (d) mridangam
  14. 14.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  15. 15.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sitar (c) ektara (d) tabla
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) guitar (c) harp (d) mridangam
  20. 20.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) flute (b) harp (c) clarinet (d) manjira
  22. 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) drum (b) sitar (c) veena (d) saxophone
  23. 23.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  24. 24.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  25. 25.True or false: the drum is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by hitting it (c) by plucking strings (d) by shaking it
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) sarod (d) mridangam
  28. 28.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) bansuri (c) clarinet (d) flute
  30. 30.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) manjira (c) mridangam (d) ghatam
  32. 32.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) ghatam (c) nadaswaram (d) damru
  33. 33.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) ghatam (c) flute (d) guitar
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) manjira (d) violin
  35. 35.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  38. 38.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  39. 39.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) saxophone (c) veena (d) conch

Answer key

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

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