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