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