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