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