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