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