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