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