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