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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 984 · 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 plucking strings (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
  2. 2.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a drumstick (c) a bow (d) a spoon
  3. 3.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  4. 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ghatam (b) nadaswaram (c) sarangi (d) trumpet
  5. 5.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  6. 6.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) mridangam (c) bansuri (d) violin
  7. 7.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  8. 8.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) clarinet (b) mridangam (c) sarangi (d) violin
  9. 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) dholak (c) trumpet (d) violin
  10. 10.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  11. 11.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) violin (b) ektara (c) shehnai (d) veena
  12. 12.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  13. 13.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) sitar
  14. 14.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) melts (c) freezes (d) dissolves
  15. 15.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  16. 16.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) tambourine (c) violin (d) flute
  17. 17.True or false: the violin is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) sarod (c) sitar (d) trumpet
  20. 20.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) sitar (c) bansuri (d) conch
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) flute (c) saxophone (d) guitar
  22. 22.True or false: the drum is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) sarangi (c) shehnai (d) guitar
  24. 24.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  25. 25.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) sarangi (c) damru (d) violin
  27. 27.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by tapping with hands (c) by plucking strings (d) by bowing strings
  28. 28.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  29. 29.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) dholak (c) sitar (d) sarod
  31. 31.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  32. 32.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  33. 33.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  34. 34.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tabla (b) manjira (c) shehnai (d) veena
  35. 35.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  36. 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) bansuri (d) manjira
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) tambourine (c) dholak (d) sarod
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) tambourine (c) harp (d) ektara
  39. 39.True or false: the flute is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) guitar (c) sarangi (d) veena

Answer key

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

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