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