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