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