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