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 violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 2.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 3.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) veena (b) harp (c) ektara (d) drum
- 5.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 6.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) flute (c) guitar (d) mridangam
- 7.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) drum (c) tabla (d) veena
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) tabla (c) harp (d) veena
- 9.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 10.True or false: the guitar is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) damru (c) dholak (d) guitar
- 12.True or false: the nadaswaram is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: the sitar is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) flute (c) manjira (d) trumpet
- 17.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 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.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) violin (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) sarod
- 21.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 22.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a bow
- 23.True or false: the ektara is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 25.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 26.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) sarod (c) bansuri (d) saxophone
- 28.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) saxophone (c) sitar (d) mridangam
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nadaswaram (b) harp (c) sarod (d) veena
- 30.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) guitar (c) conch (d) tabla
- 32.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) conch (b) shehnai (c) damru (d) guitar
- 33.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) manjira (c) mridangam (d) flute
- 35.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: the sarod is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) violin (c) harp (d) damru
- 39.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) harp (c) damru (d) ghatam
Answer key
- string
- 4
- percussion
- drum
- wind
- mridangam
- veena
- tabla
- 6
- False
- guitar
- False
- False
- False
- string
- manjira
- string
- 7
- False
- shehnai
- 1
- a bow
- False
- percussion
- wind
- percussion
- sarod
- sitar
- nadaswaram
- True
- tabla
- guitar
- by blowing air into it
- flute
- True
- False
- string
- damru
- wind
- harp
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