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