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