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