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