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