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