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