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