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