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.True or false: the ektara is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 5.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 6.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 7.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 8.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) flute (c) violin (d) bansuri
- 10.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) flute (d) shehnai
- 11.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 12.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a drumstick (c) a spoon (d) a bow
- 13.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ektara (b) saxophone (c) bansuri (d) manjira
- 14.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) clarinet (c) veena (d) flute
- 17.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) harp (c) dholak (d) drum
- 18.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) dholak (c) flute (d) drum
- 20.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) trumpet (c) conch (d) flute
- 22.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) violin (c) trumpet (d) clarinet
- 24.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) veena (b) bansuri (c) saxophone (d) tabla
- 28.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) vibrates (d) melts
- 29.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 30.🎺 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
- 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) damru (c) nadaswaram (d) dholak
- 32.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) clarinet (b) dholak (c) mridangam (d) veena
- 33.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) manjira (c) bansuri (d) veena
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) trumpet (c) harp (d) sarod
- 35.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) damru (c) nadaswaram (d) flute
- 37.True or false: the conch is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) flute (c) sarangi (d) sitar
- 39.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 40.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- False
- True
- 4
- percussion
- 7
- percussion
- 6
- violin
- tabla
- 1
- a bow
- ektara
- True
- True
- veena
- harp
- True
- flute
- True
- manjira
- string
- violin
- True
- True
- False
- veena
- vibrates
- 2
- by blowing air into it
- sarangi
- clarinet
- bansuri
- trumpet
- True
- damru
- True
- flute
- wind
- True
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