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