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