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