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