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