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