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