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