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