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