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