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