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