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