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