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