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