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