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