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