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