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