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