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