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