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