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