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