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