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