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