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