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