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