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