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