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