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