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