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