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