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