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