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