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