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