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