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