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