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