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