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