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