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