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