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