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