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