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