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