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