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