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