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