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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 910 · 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.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) veena (b) shehnai (c) clarinet (d) manjira
  2. 2.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  4. 4.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  5. 5.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) tambourine (c) harp (d) nadaswaram
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) violin
  7. 7.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  9. 9.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) sarod (c) violin (d) shehnai
  10. 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) mridangam (c) conch (d) violin
  11. 11.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) tabla (c) dholak (d) violin
  13. 13.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  14. 14.True or false: the manjira is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) nadaswaram (c) harp (d) manjira
  16. 16.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  17. 17.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  18. 18.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) melts
  19. 19.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) veena (c) harp (d) dholak
  20. 20.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by tapping with hands (c) by blowing into it (d) by plucking strings
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) trumpet (c) conch (d) mridangam
  22. 22.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) tabla (d) shehnai
  23. 23.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a bow (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
  24. 24.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  26. 26.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) guitar (c) harp (d) flute
  27. 27.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) ghatam (c) flute (d) clarinet
  28. 28.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) ghatam (c) dholak (d) flute
  30. 30.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) ektara
  31. 31.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) guitar (c) damru (d) nadaswaram
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) mridangam (c) damru (d) drum
  33. 33.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  35. 35.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by shaking it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by plucking strings
  36. 36.True or false: the tabla is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) flute (c) tabla (d) dholak
  38. 38.True or false: the shehnai is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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