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