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