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