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