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