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