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