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