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