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