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