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