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