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