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