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