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