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