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