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