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