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