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