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