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