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