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