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