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