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