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