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