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