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