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