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