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