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