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