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