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