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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments

GK lesson 16: Musical instruments · Set 998 · 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.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) melts (d) dissolves
  2. 2.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by shaking it
  3. 3.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  4. 4.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  5. 5.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
  6. 6.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) manjira (b) tabla (c) bansuri (d) ghatam
  7. 7.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
  8. 8.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tabla (b) drum (c) conch (d) guitar
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) ektara (c) trumpet (d) sarangi
  10. 10.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by tapping with hands (b) by blowing into it (c) by bowing strings (d) by plucking strings
  11. 11.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
  12. 12.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  13. 13.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
  15. 15.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
  16. 16.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) mridangam (b) ektara (c) tambourine (d) clarinet
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) tambourine (c) shehnai (d) damru
  18. 18.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a bow (c) a straw (d) a spoon
  19. 19.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
  20. 20.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
  23. 23.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) drum (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) veena
  24. 24.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) sarangi (c) ghatam (d) shehnai
  25. 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ghatam (b) drum (c) sitar (d) saxophone
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) harp (c) flute (d) violin
  27. 27.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
  28. 28.True or false: the flute is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarangi (b) guitar (c) nadaswaram (d) veena
  30. 30.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
  31. 31.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) dholak (c) flute (d) trumpet
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) sarangi (c) violin (d) sitar
  33. 33.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
  34. 34.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
  36. 36.True or false: the dholak is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the harp is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the trumpet is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) ghatam (d) clarinet
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) clarinet (c) damru (d) mridangam

Answer key

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

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