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