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