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