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