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