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