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