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