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