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