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