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