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