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