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