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