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