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