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