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