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