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