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