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