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