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