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