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