Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
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.π΅ Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 2.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) bansuri (b) flute (c) tambourine (d) sarod
- 3.True or false: the saxophone is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 4.π΅ Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 5.π₯ How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by plucking strings (c) by tapping with hands (d) by blowing into it
- 6.π Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) vibrates
- 7.π₯ How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 8.π΅ How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 9.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) ektara (c) bansuri (d) tabla
- 10.πΈ How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 11.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 12.π΅ Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 13.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) conch (b) dholak (c) saxophone (d) harp
- 15.π΅ Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 16.True or false: the sarangi is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 17.π΅ Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 18.πΊ How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by hitting it (c) by shaking it (d) by blowing air into it
- 19.π Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) ektara (c) saxophone (d) sitar
- 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) damru (b) clarinet (c) flute (d) bansuri
- 21.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) harp (c) violin (d) mridangam
- 22.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) sarangi (c) harp (d) drum
- 23.π΅ Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 24.π Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) sitar (c) bansuri (d) nadaswaram
- 25.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 26.π΅ Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 27.π Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) drum (c) manjira (d) harp
- 28.π Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) trumpet (c) dholak (d) flute
- 29.π Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) sarangi (c) bansuri (d) saxophone
- 30.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) sitar (c) nadaswaram (d) conch
- 31.πͺ How many strings does an ektara have?
- 32.π΅ Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 33.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.π Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) manjira (c) tambourine (d) ektara
- 35.π Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) mridangam (c) trumpet (d) damru
- 36.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) flute
- 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) trumpet (c) clarinet (d) violin
- 39.π» How many strings does a violin have?
- 40.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ektara (b) harp (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
Answer key
- string
- sarod
- False
- percussion
- by tapping with hands
- vibrates
- 2
- 7
- bansuri
- 6
- False
- string
- True
- harp
- wind
- False
- string
- by blowing air into it
- saxophone
- damru
- mridangam
- drum
- percussion
- sitar
- True
- percussion
- harp
- dholak
- sarangi
- sitar
- 1
- wind
- True
- ektara
- trumpet
- True
- sarangi
- violin
- 4
- nadaswaram
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