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