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