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