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