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