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