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