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