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