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