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