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