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