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