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