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