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