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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 973 · 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 do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by hitting it
  2. 2.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) vibrates (c) melts (d) dissolves
  3. 3.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) tambourine (d) manjira
  5. 5.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) ghatam (c) nadaswaram (d) tambourine
  7. 7.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) guitar (c) sarod (d) tambourine
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) mridangam (c) ektara (d) damru
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) tabla (c) damru (d) dholak
  10. 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) drum (b) flute (c) tabla (d) violin
  11. 11.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  12. 12.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) tambourine (c) manjira (d) dholak
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) flute (c) guitar (d) shehnai
  15. 15.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  16. 16.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing into it (d) by tapping with hands
  18. 18.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) bansuri (c) tabla (d) manjira
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) trumpet (c) conch (d) nadaswaram
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) tabla (c) guitar (d) bansuri
  21. 21.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) bansuri (c) tambourine (d) trumpet
  23. 23.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  25. 25.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) mridangam (c) trumpet (d) bansuri
  27. 27.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) sitar
  28. 28.True or false: the mridangam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  30. 30.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ghatam (b) shehnai (c) ektara (d) sitar
  31. 31.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) violin (c) mridangam (d) flute
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) manjira
  33. 33.True or false: the sarangi is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) manjira
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) harp (c) shehnai (d) ektara
  36. 36.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  37. 37.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  38. 38.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) dholak (c) conch (d) shehnai
  39. 39.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  40. 40.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?

Answer key

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

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