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