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