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