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