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