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