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