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