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