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