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