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