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