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