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