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