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