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