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