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