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