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