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