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