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