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