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